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<div>{{short description|Indian archer}}<br />
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{{Infobox sportsperson<br />
| name = Jyothi Surekha Vennam<br />
| image = Jyothi Surekha Vennam (cropped).jpg<br />
| caption = Vennam in 2017<br />
| birth_name = <br />
| fullname = Vennam Jyothi Surekha<br />
| nickname = Surekha<br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| residence = [[Amaravati|Amravati]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|07|03}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Vijayawada]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]<br />
| education = [[K L University]], [[Vijayawada]]<br />
| height_ft = <br />
| country = {{IND}}<br />
| sport = [[Archery]]<br />
| event = <br />
| collegeteam = <br />
| club = <br />
| team = Indian Archery Women Team<br />
| turnedpro = <br />
| retired = <br />
| coaching = <br />
| worlds = <br />
| regionals = <br />
| nationals = <br />
| olympics = <br />
| paralympics = <br />
| highestranking = World Rank 12<ref>{{cite news|url=http://old.archery.org/results/archer_update.asp?id=11348&action=&onyuz=|title=FITA|publisher=archery.org|accessdate=6 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140831054547/http://old.archery.org/results/archer_update.asp?id=11348&action=&onyuz=|archive-date=31 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
| pb = <br />
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|[[World Archery Championships]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver| [[2017 World Archery Championships|2017 Mexico City]] | Compound team}}<br />
{{MedalBronze| [[2019 World Archery Championships|2019 's-Hertogenbosch]] | Compound team}}<br />
{{MedalBronze| [[2019 World Archery Championships|2019 's-Hertogenbosch]] | Compound Individual}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Archery Championships]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze| [[2011 Asian Archery Championships|2011 Tehran]] | Compound team}}<br />
{{MedalGold| [[2015 Asian Archery Championships|2015 Bangkok]] | Compound Individual}}<br />
{{MedalSilver| [[2015 Asian Archery Championships|2015 Bangkok]] | Compound Team}}<br />
{{MedalBronze| [[2017 Asian Archery Championships|2017 Dhaka]] | Compound Individual}}<br />
{{MedalGold| [[2017 Asian Archery Championships|2017 Dhaka]] | Compound Team}}<br />
{{MedalSilver| [[2017 Asian Archery Championships|2017 Dhaka]] | Compound Mixed Team}}<br />
{{MedalSilver| [[2019 Asian Archery Championships|2019 Bangkok]] | Compound Team}}<br />
{{MedalGold| [[2019 Asian Archery Championships|2019 Bangkok]] | Compound Mixed Team}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Youth Archery Championships]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze| [[2013 World Archery Youth Championships|2013 Wuxi]] | Compound Jr. Women team}}<ref name="World Youth Championship">{{cite news|url=http://old.archery.org/EventResults/ResultSummary.aspx?e=476|title=World Youth Championship|publisher=archery.org|accessdate=13 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213220302/http://old.archery.org/EventResults/ResultSummary.aspx?e=476|archive-date=13 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
{{MedalBronze| [[2013 World Archery Youth Championships|2013 Wuxi]] | Compound Jr. Mixed team}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Jyothi Surekha Vennam''' (born 3 July 1996,<ref name="2012rankings">{{cite web|url=http://www.archery.org/results/archer_update.asp?id=11348&action=&onyuz=|title=SUREKHA, V. Jyothi|publisher=archery.org|accessdate=30 August 2012|archive-url=https://archive.is/20130225081845/http://www.archery.org/results/archer_update.asp?id=11348&action=&onyuz=|archive-date=25 February 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Vijayawada]], India) is a right handed<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://worldarchery.org/athlete/11348/jyothi-surekha-vennam|title=Jyothi Surekha Vennam|website=World Archery|language=en|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref> Indian archer.<br />
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At the age of 4, she was entered in the ''[[Limca Book of Records]]'' after crossing the [[Krishna River]] three times with a distance of 5&nbsp;km in three hours, 20 minutes and six seconds.<ref name="sportstar">{{cite news|url=http://www.tssonnet.com/tss3516/stories/20120419506203700.htm|title=Shooting straight|publisher=[[Sportstar]]|accessdate=30 August 2012}}</ref> In various national and international competitions, she bagged 70 medals.<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Jyothi was born in Hyderabad on July 3, 1996 to Vennam Surendra Kumar and Sri Durga. Her father is a former Kabaddi player and now a veterinary doctor in Vijayawada and mother is a home-maker. Jyothi completed her schooling and intermediate from Nalanda Institute.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kreedon.com/jyothi-surekha-vennam-biography/|title=Jyothi Surekha Vennam Biography {{!}} Age, weight, archery, achievements|date=2019-07-02|website=Voice of Indian Sports - KreedOn|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
At the age of 13, she won an Olympic round gold medal at the Mexican Grand Prix. At the Mexican Grand Prix, she also won bronze (20m) and three silver (50m and 40m).<ref name="sportstar" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianarchery.info/htdocs/2009/mexgpx.htm|title=Indians among medals at Mexican GP|year=2009|publisher=indianarchery.info|accessdate=30 August 2012}}</ref><br />
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In 2011, she won two bronze medals at the [[2011 Asian Archery Championships]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianarchery.info/htdocs/2011/asnathrn.htm|title=Two Bronze medals come India's Way|date=October 2011|publisher=indiaarchery.info|accessdate=30 August 2012}}</ref><ref name="thehindu">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/article2561060.ece|title=State archer wins bronze in Asian championship|date=22 October 2011|newspaper=thehindu.com|accessdate=30 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/199572/indian-women-bags-bronze-medal.html|title=Indian women bags bronze medal in Asian Archery championship|date=21 October 2011|newspaper=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|accessdate=30 August 2012}}</ref><br />
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== Awards and accolades ==<br />
In 2017, Chief Minister [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]] awarded her a cash prize of Rs. 1 crore along with a housing site of 500 sq. yards in [[Vijayawada]] or [[Amaravati]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/andhra-cm-rewards-guinness-record-holder-archer-jyothi-surekha-117083101526_1.html|title=Andhra CM rewards Guinness record holder, archer Jyothi Surekha|last=ANI|date=2017-08-31|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2017-09-05}}</ref> after she was awarded the [[Arjuna Award]] for her achievements in the field of [[Archery]]. Surekha was youngest to be awarded this award in South India and also the first sportsperson to receive it after the [[Andhra Pradesh]] state bifurcation.{{Citation needed|date=June 2019}}<br />
*{{Gold1}} [[2015 Asian Archery Championships]]: Women Individual.<ref>{{Cite web|title = 19th Asian Championships + CQT Asia|url = http://worldarchery.org/competition/14280/19th-asian-championships-cqt-asia|website = World Archery|accessdate = 2015-11-07}}</ref><br />
* Arjuna Awards in the year 2017<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/sports/national-sports-awards-centre-unveils-list-cricket-sensation-harmanpreet-kaur-to-receive-arjuna-award/819083/|title=National Sports Awards: Centre unveils list, cricket sensation Harmanpreet Kaur to receive Arjuna Award|date=22 August 2017|accessdate=22 August 2017|newspaper=Financial Express}}</ref><br />
*Won two Bronze medals in World Archery Championship in Hertogenbosch in 2019<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/field/927153/archery-world-championships-jyothi-surekha-vennam-stuns-world-no-2-to-win-second-bronze-of-the-day|title=Archery World Championships: Jyothi Surekha Vennam stuns world No 2 to win second bronze of the day|author=Scroll Staff|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{World Archery}}<br />
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[[Category:1996 births]]<br />
[[Category:Indian female archers]]<br />
[[Category:Sportswomen from Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
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[[Category:Asian Games medalists in archery]]<br />
[[Category:Archers at the 2014 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Archers at the 2018 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Sportspeople from Vijayawada]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian women]]<br />
[[Category:Universiade medalists in archery]]<br />
[[Category:Archers from Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Universiade medalists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade]]<br />
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