Jyothi Yarraji (born 28 August 1999) is an Indian

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete who specializes in

100 metre hurdles The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first hurdle is p ...

. She holds the Indian national record for 100 m hurdles after breaking the long-standing record by

Anuradha Biswal Anuradha Biswal (born 28 March 1975) is an Indian former track and field athlete from Odisha who specialized in 100 metre hurdles. She previously held the national record of 13.38 seconds for 100 m hurdles, set on 26 August 2002 during the DDA- ...

when she ran 13.23s on 10 May 2022. She has broken the record multiple times ever since. She represented India at the

2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet ...

in the

100 metres hurdles The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten Hurdling, hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first h ...

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. On 17 October 2022, she became the first Indian woman hurdler to clock below 13 seconds – this made her the second best Asian in the 100 metres women's hurdles in the year and the 11th best Asian ever. At the 2022 Indian Open Nationals, she was adjudged the best athlete among women. In early 2023, she broke the national record for indoor

60 metres hurdles 60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds ( Susanna K ...

five times, apart from winning the Silver in the 2023

Asian Indoor Athletics Championships The Asian Indoor Athletics Championships were held for the first time in 2004 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, 2004. Run by the Asian Athletics Association, the championships take place biennially in different cities all over Asia.

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* 1999 births Living people Indian female hurdlers Sportspeople from Visakhapatnam Athletes from Andhra Pradesh Sportswomen from Andhra Pradesh Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Asian Games silver medalists for India Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for India Universiade bronze medalists for India Medalists at the 2021 Summer Universiade Universiade bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) World Athletics Championships athletes for India Asian Athletics Championships winners {{India-athletics-bio-stub