H. M. Jyothi

Hiriyur Manjunath Jyothi (born 1 July 1983) and 43.42 Jyothi is married to the former sprinter S. Srinivas, who is also her personal coach. Despite wanting to win a medal at Asian games, she couldn’t continue sprint due to persistent achilles injury. She ended up her career in 2017 with a gold at the open nationals, Chennai.

Early life Jyothi was born to father H. N. Manjunath and mother Thippamma Broke the national record in the 4×100 metres relay in May 2016 with a time of 44.03 seconds at the IAAF World Challenge Beijing, with Merlin Joseph, Srabani Nanda, and Dutee Chand Bronze in the 200 metres with a time of 23.92 seconds at the 2016 Taiwan Open Athletics Championships Bronze in the 100 metres with a time of 11.97 seconds at the 2006 Inter-State Championship Gold in the 100 metres with a time of 11.87 seconds at the 2015 Inter-State Championship Best Athlete Award at the 2016 National Open Championship on winning gold in all three of her events (100 metres in 11.57 seconds, 200 metres in 23.73 seconds, and 4×100 metres relay in 46.52 seconds) Overall champion at the 2017 Karnataka State Senior Athletics Championship, with silver in the 200 metres with a time of 24.5 seconds She has won around forty medals from nationals and the internationals.

Awards Karnataka Olympics Association Award in Athletics in 2016 Ekalavya Award in Athletics for 2010 from the government of Karnataka Rajothsava Award for Sports for 2010 from the government of Karnataka

Sponsorship

Jyothi has been strongly supported by her parents, who have undergone great financial hardship to finance her ambitions.

Personal life

Jyothi married former sprinter S. Srinivas, who is also her personal coach. In 2011, she withdrew from professional competition and gave birth to a baby girl, dhruthi hassini. She credited her husband with helping her, saying in 2014 that "Being a former medalist at the Asian level he understands my problems. It was because of his help that I'm able to manage my training and taking care of my two-and-half-year old daughter." Post retirement the couple also been blessed with a b. t,