Jyothi Surekha Vennam is an Indian

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. She has won multiple gold medals in the compound archery event at the Archery World Cup,

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and Asian Games. In 2023, she became the first Indian archer to win a gold medal at the World Archery Championships and multiple gold medals at the Asian Games. She was awarded the Arjuna award, India's second highest sporting honor in 2017 becoming the youngest from

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to win the award.

Early life

Jyothi was born on 3 July 1996 in

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in Krishna district,

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to Vennam Surendra Kumar and Sri Durga. Her father is a former Kabaddi player and a veterinary doctor in

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. Initially, she started training for

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from the age of 3. In 2001, Jyothi swam 5 km across the Krishna River in three hours, 20 minutes and six seconds and became the youngest to do so entering the ''

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''. Jyothi completed her schooling from Nalanda Vidya Niketan, Vijayawada. She did her

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and

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from

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Career

Jyoti started practicing archery from the age of 11, participating in various tournaments at the junior level. In 2011, she won a bronze medal at the 2011 Asian Archery Championships held in

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. In 2013, She won two bronze medals at the 2013 World Archery Youth Championships held at

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, China. She had competed in five

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winning four gold, four silver and two bronze medals. She have also competed in multiple Archery World Cups winning five gold, four silver and seven bronze medals. She won three silver medals in the 2021 World Archery Championships becoming the first Indian to do so and has won one gold, four silver and three bronze medals in the

. 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. In 2023, Jyoti won three gold medals in the

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becoming the first Indian to win multiple gold medals in archery.

Awards and accolades

*''Pratibha Puraskar'' by

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(2001) *''Exceptional Achievement Award'' by

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(2002) *''Golden Target award'' by

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(2013) * Arjuna Award by

(2017) * TOISA Archer of the Year'' by

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(2021) In 2017, then

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awarded her a cash prize of INR 1 crore along with a housing site of 500 sq. yards in

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