Sri Vyshnavi Yarlagadda (born 6 December 1995) is an International Grandmaster[1] of Memory. She attained her career-best rank no. 2 in October 2013 in Names and Faces event by the World Memory Sports Council. She is the first Indian to win an open category medal at the World Memory Championships. She achieved this feat by winning the gold medal in Names and Faces event at the 20th World Memory Championship 2011 on 7 December 2011 in Guangzhou, China.
Personal information | |
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Full name | Sri Vyshnavi Yarlagadda |
Nationality | Indian |
Born | Hyderabad, Telangana, India | 6 December 1995
Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) |
Sport | |
Country | India |
Sport | Memory sport |
Rank | 31 [WOMEN'S RANKING] 158 [OVERALL RANKING] |
Achievements and titles | |
Highest world ranking | 2 - Names and Faces Event (20 October 2013) |
Updated on WMSC Profile |
She is the first Indian to set a Junior World Record and also the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in World Junior Memory Championships. She completed a hat-trick in 2012 by winning the gold medal on 14 December 2012[2] at the World Memory championship in London. She is the youngest and the first woman in India to achieve the International Master of Memory title.[3] She was honored by the President of India, Shri. Pranab Mukherjee as one of the top 100 women achievers of India on 22 January 2016 at Rashtrapathi Bhawan. She was one of the five sportsperson to have won the award.
Early life
editSri Vyshnavi completed her schooling in Hyderabad. She is a psychology graduate from Osmania University. She played Chess and won state championships.[4] Her family hails from Vijayawada.
Records
editWorld Records
editYear | Record |
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2011 | Junior World Record in 15 min Names and Faces |
2012 | Junior World Record in 5 min Names and Faces |
2012 | Junior World Record in 15 min Names and Faces - Broke her own record |
2013 | Women's World Record in 5 min Names and Faces - Broke her own record |
All the above records were set at competitions affiliated to the World Memory Sports Council.
National Records
editYear | Record |
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2011 | 5 min Names and Faces |
2011 | 15 min Names and Faces |
2012 | 5 min Names and Faces - Broke her own record |
2012 | 15 min Names and Faces - Broke her own record |
2013 | 5 min Names and Faces - Broke her own record |
2013 | 15 min Names and Faces - Broke her own record |
2013 | Historic and Future Dates |
2014 | 15 min Names and Faces - Broke her own record |
2014 | Historic and Future Dates - Broke her own record |
2014 | 30 min Binary Digits |
2015 | 30 min Random Numbers |
2015 | Long Numbers (1 hour) |
2016 | 15 min Names and Faces - Broke her own record |
2019 | 30 min Random Numbers - Broke her own record |
2019 | 30 min Random Cards |
All the above records were set at competitions affiliated to the World Memory Sports Council.
Titles
edit- International Master of Memory - 2015
- International Grandmaster of Memory - 2017
Awards
editAwards |
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Rashtra Telugu Mahila Puraskar (2014) |
Abhinandana Best Lady Award (2015) |
TANA Award for Meritorious Achievements-Youth (2015) |
#100Women Achievers Award by The Government of India (2016)[5] |
Nari Niyogin Award by S.P.E.W (2017) |
Nari Shakti Award by Iwoman Awards (2018)[6] |
Medal Records
edit2010
editChampionship | Event | Medal |
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Indian National Memory Championships | Names and Faces | Gold |
World Junior Memory Championship | Names and Faces | Gold |
2011
edit2012
edit2013
edit2014
edit2015
edit2016
edit2017
editChampionship | Event | Medal |
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World Memory Championship | Names and Faces | Bronze |
2018
edit2019
editSee also
edit- Sports person
References
edit- ^ "Bagging laurels in memory field". The Hans India. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- ^ "World Memory Championship 2012 (Combined)".
- ^ "This Hyderabadi girl's memory power will boggle you - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ "Vaishnavi is champion". The Hindu. 15 June 2009.
- ^ "100 women nominated for Women and Child Development's achievers' award".
- ^ "IWoman Global Awards 2019:Sri Vyshnavi Yarlagadda". Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.