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{{Short description|Indian handball player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2025}}

{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Jyoti Shukla
| image =
| caption =
| nationality = Indian
| birth_date = 17 July 1996
| birth_place = Kakadev, [[Kanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
| occupation = Handball player
| years_active = 2018–present
| spouse = Udit (m. 28 February 2023)
| position = Line player
| team = [[India women's national handball team]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] (domestic)
}}

'''Jyoti Shukla''' (born 17 July 1996)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Handball SHUKLA Jyoti - The 19th Asian Games |url=https://www.ocagames.com/HZ_Info/AG2022-/en/results/handball/athlete-profile-n2030239-shukla-jyoti.htm |access-date=2025-07-15 |website=www.ocagames.com}}</ref> is a handball player from [[Uttar Pradesh]]. She plays for the [[India women's national handball team|India women’s National Handball team]] as a line player. She plays for Uttar Pradesh in the domestic events. She represented India in two [[Asian Games]], Olympic qualification matches and Asian Women's Championships.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shukla Jyoti - Handball player profile & career statistics - Global Sports Archive |url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/people/handball/shukla-jyoti/556212/ |access-date=2025-07-15 |website=globalsportsarchive.com}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Shukla is from [[Kakadeo|Kakadev]], [[Kanpur]], Uttar Pradesh, India. She is the daughter of Shiv Shankar Shukla and Meera Shukla. Her sister Lakshmi Shukla is also a handball player. She married Udit on 28 February 2023. [[Handball Association of India]] treasurer Anandeshwar Pandey, Kanpur Olympic Association general secretary Rajat Aditya Dixit and many Indian handball team players attended the marriage and blessed Jyoti and Udit.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UP: अंतरराष्ट्रीय हैंडबॉल खिलाड़ी ज्योति ने उदित संग लिए सात फेरे, जयमाल के बाद दोनों डीजे पर जमकर थिरके |url=https://www.amarujala.com/photo-gallery/uttar-pradesh/kanpur/marriage-of-handball-player-jyoti-shukla-and-national-swimmer-udit-2023-02-28 |access-date=2025-07-15 |website=Amar Ujala |language=hi}}</ref>

== Career ==
In 2024, Shukla played the Women's Handball League.<ref>{{Cite web |last=India |first=Press Trust of |date=2024-02-06 |title=Photos: Women's Handball League launched in Delhi |url=https://www.siasat.com/photos-womens-handball-league-launched-in-delhi-2973039/ |access-date=2025-07-15 |website=The Siasat Daily |language=en}}</ref>

In August 2023, Shukla was selected to represent India in the [[Asian Women's Handball Championship|Asian championship]] at Hiroshima, Japan.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-08-15 |title=Sapna Kashyap, Jyoti Shukla to represent Indian handball team at Asian championship in Japan |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/sapna-kashyap-jyoti-shukla-to-represent-indian-handball-team-at-asian-championship-in-japan/articleshow/102738184.cms |access-date=2025-07-15 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

Shukla was the captain of the Indian handball team that took part in the [[2022 Asian Games]] held from 23 September to 8 October 2023 in Hangzhou, China.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mehta |first=Shourya |date=2023-09-25 |title=India Handball at 2023 Asian Games: Full Squad, Schedule, Medal Chances |url=https://thebridge.in/asian-games/india-handball-2023-asian-games-full-squad-schedule-medal-chances-43970 |access-date=2025-07-15 |website=thebridge.in |language=en}}</ref> [[Diksha Kumari]] of Haryana was her deputy.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-09-20 |title=एशियन गेम्स के लिए भारतीय महिला हैंडबॉल टीम घोषित: कानपुर की ज्योति शुक्ला होंगी टीम की कप्तान |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/kanpur/news/indian-womens-handball-team-announced-for-asian-games-131868854.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930184252/https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/kanpur/news/indian-womens-handball-team-announced-for-asian-games-131868854.html |archive-date=2023-09-30 |access-date=2025-07-15 |work=Dainik Bhaskar |language=hi}}</ref> This is the fifth Asian Games for the Indian women's handball team. They finished third in a tough group behind Japan and China and failed to advance.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peesara |first=Anuraag |date=30 September 2023 |title=Asian Games 2023 handball: Indian women's team's campaigns ends in group stage |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/news/asian-games-2023-hangzhou-women-handball-schedule-results-india |access-date=11 July 2025 |website=Olympics}}</ref>

In 2018, she was part of the Indian team that played the [[2018 Asian Games]] in Jakarta, [[Indonesia]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=PTI |date=2018-08-25 |title=Handball: Indian women finish ninth |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/asian-games-2018/handball-indian-women-finish-ninth/article24780497.ece |access-date=2025-07-15 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref> In 2018, she also played the [[Asian Women's Handball Championship|Asian Women's Championships]] in Japan.<ref name=":0" />

== Awards ==

* Shukla received the Rani Laxmibai Award from Uttar Pradesh chief minister [[Yogi Adityanath]] for her significant contribution to sports in January 2023.

== References ==
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[[Category:1996 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian women's handball players]]
[[Category:People from Kanpur]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]
[[Category:Handball players at the 2018 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Handball players at the 2022 Asian Games]]

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