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Jyothi Yarraji Biography: Age, Career, Family and More

F4U Editorial Desk • Updated September 6, 2026 • 6 min read

Quick Info

Date of birth28 August 1999

Age24 Years (as of 2023)

BirthplaceVisakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

ProfessionAthlete

NationalityIndian

Marital statusUnmarried

FamilyFather: Suryanarayana; Mother: Kumari; Brother: Suresh Yarraji

Jyothi Yarraji Biography

Indian hurdler Jyothi Yarraji rose from school-level competition in Visakhapatnam to set national records in the 100 metres hurdles. Coached by N Ramesh,Pr

Early life and background

Jyothi Yarraji was born on 28 August 1999 in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Raised in a working-class family, her father Suryanarayana worked as a security guard and her mother Kumari was employed as a domestic helper and hospital cleaner. Jyothi has a brother, Suresh Yarraji. She attended Port High School in Salagramapuram and later studied for a Bachelor of Arts in history at Acharya Nagarjuna University in Guntur.

Her introduction to athletics came through school physical education. Noted for a tall, lean build, she was encouraged to try hurdles and began focused training while still in the tenth standard. Early competitive success at district and state meets helped launch her progression into national junior competition.

Career

Jyothi’s early competitive years included appearances at Indian age-group championships and inter-district meets. In 2015 she won gold at the Andhra Pradesh inter-district meet and took part in the Indian Under-18 Championships. Over the next few years she moved through the junior ranks, finishing among the top competitors at national U18 and U20 championships.

In 2016 she moved to the Sports Authority of India training centre in Hyderabad to work with coach N Ramesh. By 2019 she had joined the Odisha Reliance Athletics High-Performance Centre in Bhubaneswar, where British coach James Hillier became a significant influence on her training and development. Under that guidance she refined her technique and adopted event-specific training plans.

Jyothi began to make her mark internationally in 2022. May of that year saw a series of strong performances in Europe — gold at Limassol International (Cyprus), Loughborough International (Great Britain) and the Harry Schulting Games (Netherlands), and a silver at IFAM Oordegem (Belgium). Those outings helped produce successive personal bests and led to national record ratification after appropriate anti-doping procedures were completed.

Domestically she won multiple national titles in 2022, including golds at the National Games and at the National Open Athletics Championships. At the National Open she recorded 12.82 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles, an officially recorded national mark.

In 2023 she continued her rise. In July she won gold at the Asian Athletics Championships in the 100m hurdles. In August she took bronze at the World University Games in Chengdu, where she lowered the national record to 12.78 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles. Later that year she won gold in the women’s 100m hurdles at the 37th National Games and secured a silver medal in the same event at the Asian Games in Hangzhou.

Throughout her career Jyothi has also posted notable flat-sprint results, including the fastest-ever 100-metre finish in National Games history with an 11.51-second run. Her coaches over the years have included Praveen Kumar, N Ramesh and James Hillier.

Public profile

Jyothi’s athletic story is closely tied to her family background and the financial realities that motivated her early pursuit of sport. She has been recognized domestically for her rapid progress: in 2022 she received the Emerging Athlete of the Year award at the ESPN India Awards. Her on-track achievements have included multiple national records and medals at continental and multi-sport events.

She is listed as 1.70 m tall, has black eyes and black hair, and is unmarried. She also has a tattoo on her left arm. Jyothi represents a generation of Indian athletes who transitioned from local schooling to high-performance centres and international competition within a few years.

Latest updates

In 2023 Jyothi set a new national record in the 100 metres hurdles with a time of 12.78 seconds while winning bronze at the World University Games. She narrowly missed the qualifying standard for the 2024 Paris Olympics by 0.01 seconds. Later in 2023 she added a National Games gold and an Asian Games silver to her medal collection, consolidating her position among India’s leading female hurdlers.

Her trajectory has been shaped by movement between multiple training centres, experiences competing abroad, and recovery from injury setbacks in 2021 that she overcame with the support of her coaching team.
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Recent Work

100 metres hurdles

Bronze and national record (12.78s) at the World University Games; gold at the Asian Athletics Championships; gold at the 37th National Games; silver at the Asian Games in 2023.

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Career Highlights

  1. National record in 100 metres hurdles (12.78 seconds)
  2. First Indian woman to run under 13 seconds in 100 metres hurdles (performance of 12.79s in 2022, wind-aided)
  3. Gold at the Asian Athletics Championships (2023)
  4. Bronze at the World University Games with national record (2023)
  5. Silver at the 2023 Asian Games
  6. Multiple national titles including National Games and National Open Championships
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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Jyothi Yarraji born?

28 August 1999

What is Jyothi Yarraji known for?

Athlete

What is Jyothi Yarraji’s marital status?

Unmarried