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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 />
| 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 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><br />
| pb = <br />
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Archery at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2022 Asian Games|2022 Hangzhou]]|[[Archery at the 2022 Asian Games – Women's Individual|Women's Individual]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2022 Asian Games|2022 Hangzhou]]|[[Archery at the 2022 Asian Games – Mixed team compound|Mixed team compound]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2022 Asian Games|2022 Hangzhou]]|[[Archery at the 2022 Asian Games – Women's team compound|Women's team compound]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Archery Championships]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold| [[2023 World Archery Championships|2023 Berlin]] | Compound Women’s team}}<br />
{{MedalSilver| [[2017 World Archery Championships|2017 Mexico City]] | Compound team}}<br />
{{MedalSilver| [[2021 World Archery Championships|2021 Yankton]] | Team }}<br />
{{MedalSilver| [[2021 World Archery Championships|2021 Yankton]] | Team mixed}}<br />
{{MedalSilver| [[2021 World Archery Championships|2021 Yankton]] | Individual}}<br />
{{MedalBronze| [[2019 World Archery Championships|2019 's-Hertogenbosch]] | Compound Individual}}<br />
{{MedalBronze| [[2023 World Archery Championships|2023 Berlin]] | Individual}}<br />
{{MedalBronze| [[2019 World Archery Championships|2019 's-Hertogenbosch]] | Compound Individual}}<br />
{{Medal|Competition| [[Summer Universiade]] }}<br />
{{Medal|Silver| [[Archery at the 2015 Summer Universiade|2015 Gwangju]] | Mixed team }}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Archery World Cup|World Cup]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2018 Archery World Cup|2018 Samsun]]| Compound Mixed Team}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2018 Archery World Cup|2018 Berlin]]| Compound Mixed Team}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2022 Archery World Cup|2022 Paris]]| Compound Mixed Team}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2022 Archery World Cup|2022 Paris]]| Compound Individual}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2023 Archery World Cup|2023 Antalya]]| Compound Mixed Team}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2023 Archery World Cup|2023 Antalya]]| Compound Individual}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2022 Archery World Cup|2022 Birmingham]]| Compound Mixed Team}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2018 Archery World Cup|2018 Salt lake City]]| Compound Mixed Team}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2018 Archery World Cup|2018 Antalya]]| Compound Team}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2017 Archery World Cup|2017 Antalya]]| Compound Mixed Team}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2018 Archery World Cup|2018 Shanghai]]| Compound Mixed Team}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Archery Championships]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold| [[2015 Asian Archery Championships|2015 Bangkok]] | Compound Individual}}<br />
{{MedalGold| [[2017 Asian Archery Championships|2017 Dhaka]] | Compound Team}}<br />
{{MedalGold| [[2019 Asian Archery Championships|2019 Bangkok]] | Compound Mixed Team}}<br />
{{MedalGold| [[2021 Asian Archery Championships|2021 Dhaka]] | Compound Individual}}<br />
{{MedalSilver| [[2015 Asian Archery Championships|2015 Bangkok]] | Compound Team}}<br />
{{MedalSilver| [[2017 Asian Archery Championships|2017 Dhaka]] | Compound Mixed Team}}<br />
{{MedalSilver| [[2019 Asian Archery Championships|2019 Bangkok]] | Compound Team}}<br />
{{MedalSilver| [[2021 Asian Archery Championships|2021 Dhaka]] | Compound Mixed Team}}<br />
{{MedalBronze| [[2011 Asian Archery Championships|2011 Tehran]] | Compound team}}<br />
{{MedalBronze| [[2017 Asian Archery Championships|2017 Dhaka]] | Compound Individual}}<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''' 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> <br />
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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.<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.<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> <br />
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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&nbsp;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><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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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><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]] 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><br />
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*Gold, [[Archery at the 2022 Asian Games|2022 Asian Games]]<br />
*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><br />
*[[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><br />
*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><br />
* ''[[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><br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{World Archery}}<br />
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