Jyothi Surekha Vennam

Jyothi Surekha Vennam
Personal information
Full name Vennam Jyothi Surekha
Nickname(s) Surekha
Nationality Indian
Born (1996-07-03) 3 July 1996
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Residence Amravati, Andhra Pradesh, India
Education K L University, Vijayawada
Sport
Country  India
Sport Archery
Team Indian Archery Women Team
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking World Rank 12[1]
Medal record
Women's archery
Representing  India
Asian Archery Championship
2011 Tehran, Iran Compound team[2]
2015 Bangkok Compound Individual
World Youth Archery Championship
2013 Wuxi, China Compound Jr. Women team[3]
2013 Wuxi, China Compound Jr. Mixed team[3] asiacup bangkok 2015 match indidudal gpld mixdsilveredeteam team silvar

Jyothi Surekha Vennam (born 3 July 1996,[4] Vijayawada, India) is an 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. She mentioned that her career ambition is to win a gold medal in Olympics.

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][6]

In 2011, she won two bronze medals at the 2011 Asian Archery Championships[7][8][9]

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[10], 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.

References

  1. ↑ "FITA". archery.org. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  2. ↑ 2011 Asian Archery Championships
  3. 1 2 "World Youth Championship". archery.org. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "SUREKHA, V. Jyothi". archery.org. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  5. 1 2 "Shooting straight". Sportstar. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  6. ↑ "Indians among medals at Mexican GP". indianarchery.info. 2009. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  7. ↑ "Two Bronze medals come India's Way". indiaarchery.info. October 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  8. ↑ "State archer wins bronze in Asian championship". thehindu.com. 22 October 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  9. ↑ "Indian women bags bronze medal in Asian Archery championship". Deccan Chronicle. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  10. ↑ ANI (2017-08-31). "Andhra CM rewards Guinness record holder, archer Jyothi Surekha". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
  11. ↑ "19th Asian Championships + CQT Asia". World Archery. Retrieved 2015-11-07.
  12. ↑ "National Sports Awards: Centre unveils list, cricket sensation Harmanpreet Kaur to receive Arjuna Award". Financial Express. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.


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