Jyothi Surekha Vennam is an Indian compound archer famous for winning gold medals in compound archery events like 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, she earned numerous gold medals at the Asian Games. Currently, she’s ranked 4th in the world.
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Wiki/Biography
Jyothi Surekha Vennam was born on Wednesday, 3 July 1996 (age 27 years; as of 2023) in Challapalli, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh. Her zodiac sign is Cancer. She completed her schooling at Nalanda Vidyaniketan, Vijayawada. She pursued a B.Tech and MBA at K L University, Andhra Pradesh. [1]Deccan Chronicle She began swimming at the age of 3. In 2001, she set a record of being the youngest person to swim 5 km across the Krishna River in three hours, 20 minutes, and six seconds. Her name was included in the Limca Book of Records. Due to limited opportunities for swimming in her city, she switched to archery and joined an academy. At the age of 11, she began practising archery and competed in junior-level tournaments.
Physical Appearance
Height (approx.): 5′ 7″
Hair Colour: Black
Eye Colour: Black
Family
Parents & Siblings
Jyothi’s father’s name is Vennam Surendra Kumar, who is a former Kabaddi player and works as a veterinary doctor.
Jyothi Surekha Vennam with her father
Her mother’s name is Sri Durga.
Signature
Jyothi Surekha Vennam’s signature
Career
In 2008, she earned her first archery medal in the Under-13 category at Vijayawada, and she went on to win six more gold medals later. 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 took part in the Women’s Open Pro competition at the Lancaster Archery Classic near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, and she won the event.
Jyothi Surekha Vennam in the Women’s Open Pro event at the Lancaster Archery Classic
Medals
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 Mixed Team event and Silver medal in Women’s Team event at 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 event
Jyothi Surekha Vennam wins 2 Bronze medals in Individual event at 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
Jyothi Surekha Vennam wins 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
Jyothi Surekha Vennam wins gold medal in Women’s team event at World Archery Championships 2023
- 2023 (Berlin): Bronze medal in Individual event
Jyothi 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 (Samsun): Silver medal in Mixed Team event
- 2018 (Shanghai): Bronze medal in Mixed Team event
- 2018 (Antalya): Bronze medal in Mixed Team event
Jyothi Surekha Vennam wins bronze medal in Mixed Team event at world cup in Antalya
- 2018 (Antalya): Silver medal in Women’s Team event
Jyothi Surekha Vennam wins silver medal in Women’s Team event at 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
Jyothi Surekha Vennam wins gold medal in Mixed Team event at 2022 World Cup
- 2022 (Paris): Silver medal in Individual event
Jyothi Surekha Vennam wins silver medal in Individual event at at 2022 World Cup
- 2023 (Paris): Gold medal in Women’s Team event
Jyothi 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
Jyothi Surekha Vennam holding silver medal won 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, Honours, Achievements
- 2001: Pratibha Puraskar by Government of Andhra Pradesh
- 2002: Exceptional Achievement Award by Government of India
- 2013: Golden Target award by World Archery Federation
- 2017: Arjuna Award
Jyothi Surekha Vennam receiving Arjuna Award
- 2018: Pride of Andhra Award at Zee Apsara Award
Jyothi Surekha Vennam receiving Pride of Andhra Award
- 2021: Times of India Sports Award for being the Archer of the Year
Facts/Trivia
- J. Rama Rao initially coached her and later, she took coaching from Jiwanjot Singh Teja.
Jyothi Surekha Vennam with her coach Jiwanjot Singh Teja
- In 2017, she became the youngest person from South India to win the Arjuna Award.
- In 2017, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Chandrababu Naidu, awarded her a cash prize of Rs. 1 Crore and a housing site of 500 sq. yards in Vijayawada or Amaravati.
- In 2020, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy honoured her for her victories at the 21st Asian Archery Championship (2019) in Bangkok and the 50th World Championships (2019) in the Netherlands.
Jyothi Surekha Vennam felicitated by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy
- In 2022, she was named Deputy Collector by NTR District Collector Dr. S. Dilli Rao at the Collectorate in Vijayawada.
Jyothi Surekha Vennam being appointed as Deputy Collector
- Interstingly, she has won over 53 medals in international competitions and 62 in national ones.
- Jyoti practices yoga and meditation for relaxation and concentration, which benefits her archery. She also hits the gym to train her shoulder muscles.
- She dedicates six hours daily to archery practice and adds two hours of physical training.
References
| ↑1 | Deccan Chronicle |
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| ↑2 | Editorji |
