Jyothi Surekha Vennam
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| Full name | Vennam Jyothi Surekha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Surekha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 July 1996 Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | K L University, Vijayawada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Archery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Indian Archery Women Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | World Rank 12[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jyothi Surekha Vennam (born 3 July 1996,[3] Vijayawada, India) is a right handed[4] Indian archer.
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 km in three hours, 20 minutes and six seconds.[5] In various national and international competitions, she bagged 70 medals.
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.[6]
Career[]
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).[5][7]
In 2011, she won two bronze medals at the 2011 Asian Archery Championships[8][9][10]
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,[11] 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]
2015 Asian Archery Championships: Women Individual.[12]- Arjuna Awards in the year 2017[13]
- Won two Bronze medals in World Archery Championship in Hertogenbosch in 2019[14]
References[]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "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.
- ^ 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.
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