Jyoti Surekha Vennam is an Indian compound archer who is famous for winning gold medals in compound archery events such as the Archery World Cup, World Archery Championships and Asian Games. In 2023, she became the first Indian archer to win a gold medal at the World Archery Championships. The same year, he earned multiple gold medals at the Asian Games. Currently, he is ranked fourth in the world.
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Wiki/Biography
Jyothi Surekha Vennam was born on Wednesday, 3 July 1996 (age 27 years; as in 2023) in Challapalli, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh. His zodiac sign is Cancer. He completed his schooling from Nalanda Vidyaniketan, Vijayawada. He studied B.Tech and MBA from KL University, Andhra Pradesh. He started swimming at the age of 3. In 2001, she set the record for being the youngest person to swim 5 km across the Krishna River in three hours, 20 minutes and six seconds. His name was included in the Limca Book of Records. With limited swimming opportunities in her city, she turned to archery and joined an academy. At the age of 11, he started practicing archery and participated in junior level tournaments.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 7″
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
parents and siblings
Jyoti’s father’s name is Vennam Surendra Kumar, who is a former Kabaddi player and works as a veterinarian.
Jyoti Surekha Vennam with her father
His mother’s name is Shri Durga.
Signature
Signature of Jyoti Surekha Vennam
livelihood
In 2008, he earned his first archery medal in the under-13 category in Vijayawada, and he later won six more gold medals. At the 2021 World Archery Championships, she became the first Indian to win one gold, three silver and three bronze medals. In January 2022, she competed in the Women’s Open Pro competition at the Lancaster Archery Classic near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, and she won the competition.
Jyoti Surekha Vennam in the Women’s Open Pro event at Lancaster Archery Classic
medal
Asian Archery Championships
- 2011 (Tehran): Bronze medal in women’s team event
- 2015 (Bangkok): Gold medal in individual event
- 2015 (Bangkok): Silver medal in team event
- 2017 (Dhaka): Gold medal in women’s team event
- 2017 (Dhaka): Silver medal in mixed team event
- 2017 (Dhaka): Bronze medal in individual event
- 2019 (Bangkok): Gold medal in mixed team event
- 2019 (Bangkok): Silver medal in women’s team event
Jyothi Surekha Vennam won gold medal in the mixed team event and silver medal in the women’s team event at the Asian Archery Championships 2019.
- 2021 (Dhaka): Gold medal in individual event
- 2021 (Dhaka): Silver medal in mixed team event
World Youth Archery Championships
- 2013 (Wuxi): Bronze medal in women’s team event
- 2013 (Wuxi): Bronze medal in mixed team event
World Archery Championships
- 2017 (Mexico City): Silver medal in women’s team event
- 2019 (Hertogenbosch): 2 bronze medals in individual events
Jyoti Surekha Vennam won 2 bronze medals in individual events at the 2019 World Archery Championship
- 2021 (Yankton): Silver medal in women’s team event
- 2021 (Yankton): Silver medal in mixed team event
- 2021 (Yankton): Silver medal in individual event
Jyoti Surekha Vennam won silver medal in women’s team event, silver medal in mixed team event and silver medal in individual event at the World Archery Championships.
- 2023 (Berlin): Gold medal in women’s team event
Jyoti Surekha Vennam wins gold medal in women’s team event at World Archery Championships 2023
- 2023 (Berlin): Bronze medal in individual event
Jyoti Surekha Vennam wins bronze medal in individual event at World Archery Championships 2023
Summer Universiade
- 2015 (Gwangju): Silver medal in mixed team event
Archery World Cup
- 2017 (Antalya): Bronze medal in mixed team event
- 2018 (Berlin): Silver medal in women’s team event
- 2018 (Samson): Silver medal in mixed team event
- 2018 (Shanghai): Bronze medal in mixed team event
- 2018 (Antalya): Bronze medal in mixed team event
Jyoti Surekha Vennam won bronze medal in mixed team event at the World Cup in Antalya
- 2018 (Antalya): Silver medal in women’s team event
Jyoti Surekha Vennam won silver medal in women’s team event at the World Cup in Antalya
- 2018 (Salt Lake City): Bronze medal in mixed team event
- 2018 (Berlin): Bronze medal in mixed team event
- 2022 (Paris): Gold medal in mixed team event
Jyoti Surekha Vennam wins gold medal in mixed team event at 2022 World Cup
- 2022 (Paris): Silver medal in individual event
Jyoti Surekha Vennam wins silver medal in individual event at 2022 World Cup
- 2023 (Paris): Gold medal in women’s team event
Jyoti Surekha Vennam wins gold medal in women’s team event at Archery World Cup 2023
- 2023 (Antalya): Gold medal in individual event
- 2023 (Antalya): Gold medal in mixed team event
- 2023 (Shanghai): Gold medal in mixed team event
- 2023 (Paris): Bronze medal in individual event
- 2023 (Medellin): Bronze medal in women’s team event
asian games
- 2014 (Incheon): Bronze medal in women’s team compound event
- 2018 (Jakarta-Palembang): Silver medal in women’s team compound event
Jyoti Surekha Vennam wins silver medal in women’s team compound event at the 2018 Asian Games
- 2022 (Hangzhou): Gold medal in individual event
- 2022 (Hangzhou): Gold medal in mixed team compound event
- 2022 (Hangzhou): Gold medal in women’s team compound event
Jyothi Surekha Vennam wins 3 gold medals at Asian Games 2022
Awards, Honors, Achievements
- 2001: Pratibha Award by Andhra Pradesh Government
- 2002: Exceptional Achievement Award by the Government of India
- 2013: Golden Target Award by the World Archery Federation
- 2017: Arjuna Award
Jyoti Surekha Vennam receives Arjuna Award
- 2018: Pride of Andhra Award at Zee Apsara Awards
Jyoti Surekha Vennam receives Pride of Andhra Award
- 2021: Times of India Sports Award for being Archer of the Year
Facts/General Knowledge
- Media calls Jyoti as Golden Girl.
- J. Rama Rao coached him initially and later, he took coaching from Jeevanjot Singh Teja.
Jyoti Surekha Vennam with her coach Jeevanjot Singh Teja
- In 2017, she became the youngest person from South India to win the Arjuna Award.
- In 2017, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu gave him a cash award of Rs. 1 crore and a residential site of 500 sq. yards in Vijayawada or Amravati.
- In 2020, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy honored him for his victories at the 21st Asian Archery Championships (2019) in Bangkok and the 50th World Archery Championships (2019) in the Netherlands.
Jyoti Surekha Vennam honored by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy
- In 2022, he was appointed NTR District Collector Dr. S. at the Collectorate in Vijayawada. Was named Deputy Collector by Delhi Rao.
Jyoti Surekha Vennam appointed Deputy Collector
- Interestingly, he has won 53 medals in international competitions and more than 62 medals in national competitions.
- Jyoti practices yoga and meditation for relaxation and concentration, which benefits her archery. She also goes to the gym to train her shoulder muscles.
- She devotes six hours a day to archery practice and also two hours to physical training.
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