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| fullname = Vennam Jyothi Surekha | | fullname = Vennam Jyothi Surekha | ||
| nickname = Surekha | | nickname = Surekha | ||
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|07|03}} | | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|07|03}} | ||
| birth_place = [[Vijayawada]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], | | birth_place = [[Vijayawada]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India | ||
| education = [[K L University]], [[Vijayawada]] | | education = [[K L University]], [[Vijayawada]] | ||
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| paralympics = | | paralympics = | ||
| highestranking = World Rank | | highestranking = World Rank 4<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> | ||
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Archery at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]}} | |||
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{{MedalGold|[[2022 Asian Games|2022 Hangzhou]]|[[Archery at the 2022 Asian Games – Mixed team compound|Mixed team compound]]}} | |||
{{MedalGold|[[2022 Asian Games|2022 Hangzhou]]|[[Archery at the 2022 Asian Games – Women's team compound|Women's team compound]]}} | |||
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Archery Championships]]}} | |||
{{MedalGold| [[2023 World Archery Championships|2023 Berlin]] | Compound Women’s team}} | |||
{{MedalSilver| [[2017 World Archery Championships|2017 Mexico City]] | Compound team}} | {{MedalSilver| [[2017 World Archery Championships|2017 Mexico City]] | Compound team}} | ||
{{ | {{MedalSilver| [[2021 World Archery Championships|2021 Yankton]] | Team }} | ||
{{MedalSilver| [[2021 World Archery Championships|2021 Yankton]] | Team mixed}} | |||
{{MedalSilver| [[2021 World Archery Championships|2021 Yankton]] | Individual}} | |||
{{MedalBronze| [[2019 World Archery Championships|2019 's-Hertogenbosch]] | Compound Individual}} | {{MedalBronze| [[2019 World Archery Championships|2019 's-Hertogenbosch]] | Compound Individual}} | ||
{{MedalBronze| [[2023 World Archery Championships|2023 Berlin]] | Individual}} | |||
{{MedalBronze| [[2019 World Archery Championships|2019 's-Hertogenbosch]] | Compound Individual}} | |||
{{Medal|Competition| [[Summer Universiade]] }} | |||
{{Medal|Silver| [[Archery at the 2015 Summer Universiade|2015 Gwangju]] | Mixed team }} | |||
{{MedalCompetition|[[Archery World Cup|World Cup]]}} | |||
{{MedalSilver|[[2018 Archery World Cup|2018 Samsun]]| Compound Mixed Team}} | |||
{{MedalBronze|[[2018 Archery World Cup|2018 Berlin]]| Compound Mixed Team}} | |||
{{MedalGold|[[2022 Archery World Cup|2022 Paris]]| Compound Mixed Team}} | |||
{{MedalSilver|[[2022 Archery World Cup|2022 Paris]]| Compound Individual}} | |||
{{MedalGold|[[2023 Archery World Cup|2023 Antalya]]| Compound Mixed Team}} | |||
{{MedalGold|[[2023 Archery World Cup|2023 Antalya]]| Compound Individual}} | |||
{{MedalBronze|[[2022 Archery World Cup|2022 Birmingham]]| Compound Mixed Team}} | |||
{{MedalBronze|[[2018 Archery World Cup|2018 Salt lake City]]| Compound Mixed Team}} | |||
{{MedalBronze|[[2018 Archery World Cup|2018 Antalya]]| Compound Team}} | |||
{{MedalBronze|[[2017 Archery World Cup|2017 Antalya]]| Compound Mixed Team}} | |||
{{MedalBronze|[[2018 Archery World Cup|2018 Shanghai]]| Compound Mixed Team}} | |||
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Archery Championships]]}} | {{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Archery Championships]]}} | ||
{{MedalGold| [[2015 Asian Archery Championships|2015 Bangkok]] | Compound Individual}} | {{MedalGold| [[2015 Asian Archery Championships|2015 Bangkok]] | Compound Individual}} | ||
{{MedalGold| [[2017 Asian Archery Championships|2017 Dhaka]] | Compound Team}} | |||
{{MedalGold| [[2019 Asian Archery Championships|2019 Bangkok]] | Compound Mixed Team}} | |||
{{MedalGold| [[2021 Asian Archery Championships|2021 Dhaka]] | Compound Individual}} | |||
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{{MedalSilver| [[2017 Asian Archery Championships|2017 Dhaka]] | Compound Mixed Team}} | {{MedalSilver| [[2017 Asian Archery Championships|2017 Dhaka]] | Compound Mixed Team}} | ||
{{MedalSilver| [[2019 Asian Archery Championships|2019 Bangkok]] | Compound Team}} | {{MedalSilver| [[2019 Asian Archery Championships|2019 Bangkok]] | Compound Team}} | ||
{{ | {{MedalSilver| [[2021 Asian Archery Championships|2021 Dhaka]] | Compound Mixed Team}} | ||
{{MedalBronze| [[2011 Asian Archery Championships|2011 Tehran]] | Compound team}} | |||
{{MedalBronze| [[2017 Asian Archery Championships|2017 Dhaka]] | Compound Individual}} | |||
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Youth Archery Championships]]}} | {{MedalCompetition|[[World Youth Archery Championships]]}} | ||
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'''Jyothi Surekha Vennam''' ( | '''Jyothi Surekha Vennam''' is an [[India]]n [[archery|archer]]. She is a Gold medalist in the compound archery event at the World Cup in the individual (2023) and mixed team (2022, 2023) events.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-22 |title=Archery WC: Jyothi clinches two gold medals |url=https://www.espn.in/olympics/story/_/id/36260816/jyothi-ojas-clinch-mixed-team-compound-gold-archery |access-date=2023-04-23 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref> | ||
In 2023, she became the first Indian archer along with teammates Aditi Gopichand Swami and Parneet Kaur to win a gold medal at the World Archery Championships in the compound Women's Team final. | |||
== Early life == | == Early life == | ||
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> | 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.<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.today/20130225081845/http://www.archery.org/results/archer_update.asp?id=11348&action=&onyuz=|archive-date=25 February 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><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> | ||
At the age of 4, Jyothi was entered in the ''[[Limca Book of Records]]'' after crossing the [[Krishna River]] three times with a distance of 5 km in three hours, 20 minutes and six seconds.<ref name="sportstar">{{cite news |title=Shooting straight |publisher=[[Sportstar]] |url=http://www.tssonnet.com/tss3516/stories/20120419506203700.htm |accessdate=30 August 2012}}</ref> 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> | |||
== Career == | == Career == | ||
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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> | 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> | ||
In January 2022, she finished in first place in the Women’s Open Pro event at the Lancaster Archery Classic held near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kasprzak |first=Emma |date=31 January 2022 |title=Ella Gibson finishes 3rd at Lancaster Archery Classic |work=Archery GB |url=https://www.archerygb.org/ella-gibson-finishes-3rd-at-lancaster-archery-classic/ |access-date=6 March 2022}}</ref> | |||
== Awards and accolades == | == Awards and accolades == | ||
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]] | 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]] after she was awarded the [[Arjuna Award]] for her achievements in the field of [[Archery]].<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> | ||
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* Arjuna | *Gold, [[Archery at the 2022 Asian Games|2022 Asian Games]] | ||
* | *Gold, [[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> | ||
*[[Arjuna Award]], 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> | |||
*Bronze, World Archery Championship in Hertogenbosch (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> | |||
* ''[[The Times of India|TOISA]]'' Archer of the Year, 2021<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toisa-2021-neeraj-chopra-headlines-the-list-of-winners/articleshow/94847901.cms|title=TOISA 2021: Neeraj Chopra headlines the list of winners|date=14 October 2021|access-date=26 October 2022|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|publisher=[[The Times of India]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026215006/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toisa-2021-neeraj-chopra-headlines-the-list-of-winners/articleshow/94847901.cms|archive-date=26 October 2022|location=New Delhi|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Archers at the 2014 Asian Games]] | [[Category:Archers at the 2014 Asian Games]] | ||
[[Category:Archers at the 2018 Asian Games]] | [[Category:Archers at the 2018 Asian Games]] | ||
[[Category:Archers at the 2022 Asian Games]] | |||
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for India]] | |||
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for India]] | [[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for India]] | ||
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for India]] | [[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for India]] | ||
[[Category:Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games]] | [[Category:Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games]] | ||
[[Category:Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games]] | [[Category:Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Sportswomen from Vijayawada, India]] | ||
[[Category:Universiade medalists in archery]] | [[Category:Universiade medalists in archery]] | ||
[[Category:Archers from Andhra Pradesh]] | [[Category:Archers from Andhra Pradesh]] | ||
[[Category:Universiade medalists for India]] | [[Category:Universiade medalists for India]] | ||
[[Category:Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade]] | [[Category:Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade]] | ||
[[Category:World Archery Championships medalists]] | |||
[[Category:Competitors at the 2022 World Games]] | |||
[[Category:World Games bronze medalists]] | |||
[[Category:World Games medalists in archery]] |
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Vennam Jyothi Surekha |
Nickname(s) | Surekha |
Born | Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India | 3 July 1996
Education | K L University, Vijayawada |
Sport | |
Country | |
Sport | Archery |
Team | Indian Archery Women Team |
Achievements and titles | |
Highest world ranking | World Rank 4[1] |
Medal record |
Jyothi Surekha Vennam is an Indian archer. She is a Gold medalist in the compound archery event at the World Cup in the individual (2023) and mixed team (2022, 2023) events.[3]
In 2023, she became the first Indian archer along with teammates Aditi Gopichand Swami and Parneet Kaur to win a gold medal at the World Archery Championships in the compound Women's Team final.
Early life[edit]
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.[4][5]
At the age of 4, Jyothi was entered in the Limca Book of Records after crossing the Krishna River three times with a distance of 5 km in three hours, 20 minutes and six seconds.[6] Jyothi completed her schooling and intermediate from Nalanda Institute.[7]
Career[edit]
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).[6][8]
In 2011, she won two bronze medals at the 2011 Asian Archery Championships[9][10][11]
In January 2022, she finished in first place in the Women’s Open Pro event at the Lancaster Archery Classic held near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.[12]
Awards and accolades[edit]
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 after she was awarded the Arjuna Award for her achievements in the field of Archery.[13]
- Gold, 2022 Asian Games
- Gold, 2015 Asian Archery Championships: Women Individual[14]
- Arjuna Award, 2017[15]
- Bronze, World Archery Championship in Hertogenbosch (2019)[16]
- TOISA Archer of the Year, 2021[17]
References[edit]
- ↑ "FITA". archery.org. Archived from the original on 31 August 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
- ↑ "World Youth Championship". archery.org. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ↑ "Archery WC: Jyothi clinches two gold medals". ESPN. 22 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ↑ "SUREKHA, V. Jyothi". archery.org. Archived from the original on 25 February 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ↑ "Jyothi Surekha Vennam". World Archery. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Shooting straight". Sportstar. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ↑ "Jyothi Surekha Vennam Biography | Age, weight, archery, achievements". Voice of Indian Sports - KreedOn. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ↑ "Indians among medals at Mexican GP". indianarchery.info. 2009. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ↑ "Two Bronze medals come India's Way". indiaarchery.info. October 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ↑ "State archer wins bronze in Asian championship". thehindu.com. 22 October 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ↑ "Indian women bags bronze medal in Asian Archery championship". Deccan Chronicle. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ↑ Kasprzak, Emma (31 January 2022). "Ella Gibson finishes 3rd at Lancaster Archery Classic". Archery GB. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ↑ ANI (31 August 2017). "Andhra CM rewards Guinness record holder, archer Jyothi Surekha". Business Standard India. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ↑ "19th Asian Championships + CQT Asia". World Archery. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- ↑ "National Sports Awards: Centre unveils list, cricket sensation Harmanpreet Kaur to receive Arjuna Award". Financial Express. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ↑ Scroll Staff. "Archery World Championships: Jyothi Surekha Vennam stuns world No 2 to win second bronze of the day". Scroll.in. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ↑ "TOISA 2021: Neeraj Chopra headlines the list of winners". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. New Delhi: The Times of India. 14 October 2021. Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
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- 1996 births
- Indian female archers
- Sportswomen from Andhra Pradesh
- Living people
- Asian Games medalists in archery
- Archers at the 2014 Asian Games
- Archers at the 2018 Asian Games
- Archers at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for India
- Asian Games silver medalists for India
- Asian Games bronze medalists for India
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
- Sportswomen from Vijayawada, India
- Universiade medalists in archery
- Archers from Andhra Pradesh
- Universiade medalists for India
- Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade
- World Archery Championships medalists
- Competitors at the 2022 World Games
- World Games bronze medalists
- World Games medalists in archery