Jyothi Yarraji
Personal information
Full nameJyothi Yarraji
Nationality India
Born (1999-08-28) 28 August 1999
Visakhapatnam,[1] Andhra Pradesh, India
Sport
CountryIndia
SportRunning
Event100 m hurdles
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  India
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2022 Hangzhou100 m hurdles
Asian Athletics Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 Bangkok100 m hurdles
Silver medal – second place2023 Bangkok200 metres
Asian Indoor Athletics Championships
Silver medal – second place2023 Astana60 m hurdles
Summer World University Games
Bronze medal – third place2021 Chengdu100 m hurdles

Jyothi Yarraji (born 28 August 1999)[2] is an Indian track and field athlete from Andhra Pradesh. She specializes in 100 metre hurdles and holds the Indian national record. She broke the long-standing record by Anuradha Biswal on 10 May 2022 clocking 13.23s .[1][3][4] She has broken the record multiple times ever since.[5][6][7]

Early life and education

Yarraji hails from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.[8] Her father Suryanarayana is a security guard and her mother works as a domestic help. She did her schooling at the Port High School in Visakhapatnam old city. She did her education in a college affiliated to Acharya Nagarjuna University.[8] Later, she joined the Sports Authority of India hostel in Hyderabad and trained for two years under coach Olympian N Ramesh, who also received the Dronacharya award.[8] Later, she moved to Guntur to join the Centre of Excellence. From 2019 onwards, she has been training under British coach James Hillier at the Reliance Athletics High-Performance Centre in Bhubaneswar.[8]

Career

Yarraji's career highlight came when she won the silver medal in the 100m hurdles in the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, China.[9] Initially she was disqualified for a false start along with a Chinese athlete but was later allowed take the start. In the end after a review, Chinese athlete Wu Yanni was disqualified and the indian promoted to silver medal.[9][10] In early 2023, she broke the national record for indoor 60 metres hurdles five times, apart from winning the Silver in the 2023 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships at Astanain Kazakhstan.[11]

Covid 19 and her back injury saw that she took part in virtually no events in 2021, but she came back strongly in 2022. She represented India at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the 100 metres hurdles and was a part of the Indian Women's 4 X 100 metres relay team that came 5th in the finals. At the 2022 edition of India's National Games, she won the Gold in both 100 metres and 100 metres hurdles.[12] On 17 October 2022, she became the first Indian woman hurdler to clock below 13 seconds becoming the second best Asian in the 100 metres women's hurdles in the year and the 11th best Asian ever.[13] At the 2022 Indian Open Nationals, she was adjudged the best athlete among women.[14]

References

  1. 1 2 Nag, Utathya. "Jyothi Yarraji: India's rising star who overcame the hurdle of luck". Olympics. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "Jyothi YARRAJI". Birmingham2022.com. Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Limited. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Jyothi Yarraji smashes own-held national record in 100m hurdles after 11 days". The Bridge. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "Jyothi Yarraji breaks 100m hurdles national record in Cyprus meet". Press Trust of India. 11 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  5. ↑ "Meet Jyothi Yarraji – India's multiple record-breaking 100m hurdler". ESPN.IN. 27 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  6. ↑ "Racing across Europe, breaking records: How hurdler Jyothi Yarraji rewrote NR thrice in 16 days". ESPN.IN. 29 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  7. ↑ "Record Breakers of 2022 (Athletics): the complete list". ESPN.IN. 11 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Nag, Utathya (15 October 2023). "Jyothi Yarraji: India's rising star who overcame the hurdle of luck". www.olympics.com. Retrieved 12 January 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. 1 2 "Asian Games 2023: Disqualified Jyothi Yarraji wins silver in women's 100m hurdles after incredible drama". India Today. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  10. ↑ "Jyothi Yarraji on silver medal upgrade at Asian Games: This medal has taught me a lot". The Times of India. 19 October 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  11. ↑ "No hurdle too high for Jyothi Yarraji". Hindustan Times. 15 February 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  12. ↑ Sarangi, Y. B. (4 October 2022). "National Games: Jyothi Yarraji, Ram Baboo hog limelight as athletics events conclude". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  13. ↑ "Yarraji creates new record, first Indian woman to run sub-13s hurdles". ESPN. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  14. ↑ Singh, Navneet. "Tajinderpal Singh Toor and Jyothi Yarraji are the best athletes of the National Open Athletics Championships". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
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