Jyothi Surekha Vennam is an Indian compound archery athlete who is famous for winning gold medals in compound archery events such as the Archery World Cup, Archery World Championships and the Asian Games. In 2023, she became the first Indian archery athlete to win a gold medal at the World Archery Championships. In the same year, she won multiple gold medals at the Asian Games. She is currently ranked fourth in the world.
Wiki/Biography
Jyothi Surekha Vennam was born on Wednesday, July 3, 1996 (27 years old; as of 2023) in Chalapally, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh. Her zodiac sign is Cancer. She completed her education from Nalanda Vidyaniketan, Vijayawada. She studied Bachelor of Technology and Master of Business Administration from the University of Kuala Lumpur in Andhra Pradesh. She started swimming at the age of 3. In 2001, she set the record as the youngest person to swim 5 kilometers across the Krishna River in 3 hours, 20 minutes and 6 seconds. Her name is listed in the Limca Book of Records. With swimming opportunities limited in her city, she turned to archery and joined an academy. At the age of 11, she began practicing archery and competing at the youth level.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′7″
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Jyoti’s father is Vennam Surendra Kumar, a former kabaddi player and a veterinarian.
Jyothi Surekha Vennam and her father
Her mother’s name is Sri Durga.
sign
Signature of Jyoti Surekha Vennan
Profession
She won her first archery medal in the under-13 category in Vijayawada in 2008 and went on to win 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 participated in the Women’s Open Professional Competition of the Lancaster Archery Classic held near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, and won the championship.
Jyothi Surekha Vennam at Lancaster Archery Classic Women’s Open Pro
medal
Asian Archery Championship
- 2011 (Tehran): Women’s Team Bronze Medal
- 2015 (Bangkok): Gold medal in individual competition
- 2015 (Bangkok): Silver medal in team competition
- 2017 (Dhaka): Gold medal in women’s team competition
- 2017 (Dhaka): Silver Medal in Mixed Team Competition
- 2017 (Dhaka): Bronze Medal in Individual Competition
- 2019 (Bangkok): Gold Medal in Mixed Team Event
- 2019 (Bangkok): Women’s Team Silver Medal
Jyothi Surekha Vennam wins gold in mixed team event and silver in women’s team event at Asian Archery Championships 2019
- 2021 (Dhaka): Gold Medal in Individual Competition
- 2021 (Dhaka): Silver Medal in Mixed Team Event
world junior archery championship
- 2013 (Wuxi): Women’s Team Bronze Medal
- 2013 (Wuxi): Mixed Team Bronze Medal
world archery championship
- 2017 (Mexico City): Women’s Team Silver Medal
- 2019 (Hertogenbosch): 2 bronze medals in individual competition
Jyothi Surekha Vennam wins 2 bronze medals in individual event at World Archery Championship 2019
- 2021 (Yankton): Women’s Team Silver Medal
- 2021 (Yankton): Silver Medal, Mixed Team Event
- 2021 (Yankton): Individual Silver Medal
Jyothi Surekha Vennam wins women’s team silver, mixed team silver and individual silver at World Archery Championships
- 2023 (Berlin): Women’s Team Gold Medal
Jyothi Surekha Vennam wins gold in women’s team event at World Archery Championships 2023
- 2023 (Berlin): Bronze medal in individual competition
Jyothi Surekha Vennam wins bronze in individual event at World Archery Championship 2023
Summer Universiade
- 2015 (Gwangju): Silver medal in mixed team
Archery World Cup
- 2017 (Antalya): Mixed Team Bronze Medal
- 2018 (Berlin): Women’s Team Silver Medal
- 2018 (Samsun): Silver medal in mixed team competition
- 2018 (Shanghai): Mixed Team Bronze Medal
- 2018 (Antalya): Mixed Team Bronze Medal
Jyothi Surekha Vennam wins bronze in Antalya World Cup mixed team event
- 2018 (Antalya): Women’s Team Silver Medal
Jyothi Surekha Vennam wins silver medal in women’s team event at Antalya World Cup
- 2018 (Salt Lake City): Mixed Team Bronze Medal
- 2018 (Berlin): Mixed Team Bronze Medal
- 2022 (Paris): Gold Medal in Mixed Team Event
Jyothi Surekha Vennam wins gold in World Cup 2022 mixed team event
- 2022 (Paris): Silver medal in individual competition
Jyothi Surekha Vennam wins silver medal in individual event at World Cup 2022
- 2023 (Paris): Women’s Team Gold Medal
Jyothi Surekha Vennam wins gold in women’s team event of Archery World Cup 2023
- 2023 (Antalya): Gold medal in individual competition
- 2023 (Antalya): Gold Medal in Mixed Team Event
- 2023 (Shanghai): Mixed Team Gold Medal
- 2023 (Paris): Bronze medal in individual competition
- 2023 (Medellin): Women’s Team Bronze Medal
Asian Games
- 2014 (Incheon): Bronze medal in women’s team compound event
- 2018 (Jakarta-Palembang): Women’s Team Composite Event Silver Medal
Jyothi Surekha Vennam wins silver medal in women’s team compound event at Asian Games 2018
- 2022 (Hangzhou): Gold medal in individual competition
- 2022 (Hangzhou): Gold Medal in Mixed Team Compound Event
- 2022 (Hangzhou): Women’s Team Compound Event Gold Medal
Jyothi Surekha Vennam wins 3 gold medals at Asian Games 2022
Awards, Honors, Achievements
- 2001: Pratibha Puraskar Awarded by the Government of Andhra Pradesh
- 2002: Outstanding Achievement Award from the Government of India
- 2013: World Archery Federation Golden Target Award
- 2017: Arjuna Award
Jyothi Surekha Vennam receives Arjuna Award
- 2018: Andhra Pride Award at Zee Apsara Awards
Jyothi Surekha Vennam receives Pride of Andhra award
- 2021: Winner of The Times of India Archery Athlete of the Year Award
Facts/Trivia
- Jyoti was dubbed the “golden girl” by the media.
- J. Rama Rao was initially her coach and later she came under the tutelage of Jiwanjot Singh Teja.
Jyothi Surekha Vennam with her coach Jiwanjot Singh Teja
- In 2017, she became the youngest Arjuna Award recipient from South India.
- In 2017, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu awarded her a bonus of Rs. 1 Crore and a residential plot of 500 sqm in Vijayawada or Amaravati.
- In 2020, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy honored her for her victories at the 21st Asian Archery Championships in Bangkok (2019) and the 50th World Archery Championships in the Netherlands (2019).
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy congratulates Jyothi Surekha Vennam
- In 2022, she was appointed as Deputy Collector by Dr. S. Dilli Rao, NTR District Collector, Vijayawada Collectorate.
Jyothi Surekha Vennam appointed as Deputy Collector
- Interestingly, she has won over 53 medals in international competitions and 62 medals in domestic competitions.
- Jyoti practices yoga and meditation to relax and focus, which helps her with her archery. She also goes to the gym to train her shoulder muscles.
- She spends six hours a day practicing archery and adds two hours of physical training.
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Source: HIS Education