Sri Vyshnavi Yarlagadda
Personal information
Full nameSri Vyshnavi Yarlagadda
NationalityIndian
Born (1995-12-06) 6 December 1995
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
CountryIndia
SportMemory sport
Rank31 [WOMEN'S RANKING] 158 [OVERALL RANKING]
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking2 - Names and Faces Event (20 October 2013)
Updated on WMSC Profile.

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.

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

Sri 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

World Records

Year Record
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

Year Record
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

  • International Master of Memory - 2015
  • International Grandmaster of Memory - 2017

Awards

Awards
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

2010

Championship Event Medal
India Indian National Memory Championships Names and Faces  Gold
China World Junior Memory Championship Names and Faces  Gold

2011

Championship Event Medal
China World Memory Championship Names and Faces  Gold
China World Junior Memory Championship Names and Faces  Gold
India Indian National Memory Championships Names and Faces  Gold
India Indian National Memory Championships Historic and future dates  Silver
India Indian National Memory Championships Binary Digits  Silver

2012

Championship Event Medal
United Kingdom World Junior Memory Championship Overall  Bronze
United Kingdom World Memory Championship Names and Faces  Gold
United Kingdom World Junior Memory Championship Names and Faces  Gold
United Kingdom World Junior Memory Championship Historic and future dates  Silver
United Kingdom World Junior Memory Championship One hour Numbers  Silver
United Kingdom World Junior Memory Championship Abstract Images  Bronze
United Kingdom World Junior Memory Championship Binary Digits  Bronze
India Indian National Memory Championships Names and Faces  Gold
India Indian National Memory Championships Historic and future dates  Gold
India Indian National Memory Championships Binary Digits  Bronze

2013

Championship Event Medal
India Indian National Memory Championships Overall  Silver
India Indian National Memory Championships Names and Faces  Gold
India Indian National Memory Championships Binary Digits  Silver
India Indian National Memory Championships Historic and future dates  Silver
India Indian National Memory Championships 15 Minute Numbers  Silver
India Indian National Memory Championships Random Words  Silver
India Indian National Memory Championships Abstract Images  Bronze
India Indian National Memory Championships 10 Minute Cards  Bronze
India Indian National Memory Championships Speed Numbers  Bronze

2014

Championship Event Medal
India Indian National Memory Championships Overall  Silver
India Indian Open Adult Memory Championships Overall  Bronze
India Indian Open Memory Championships Names and Faces  Gold
India Indian Open Memory Championships Random Words  Bronze
India Indian Open Memory Championships Historic/Future Dates  Bronze
India Indian National Memory Championships Random Words  Gold
India Indian National Memory Championships Binary Digits  Gold
India Indian National Memory Championships Names and Faces  Gold
India Indian National Memory Championships Random Numbers  Silver
India Indian National Memory Championships Historic and Future Dates  Silver
India Indian National Memory Championships Spoken Numbers  Silver
India Indian National Memory Championships Abstract Images  Bronze

2015

Championship Event Medal
India Indian National Memory Championships Overall  Silver
Hong Kong Asian Memory Championships Names and Faces  Gold
Hong Kong HongKong Open Memory Championship Names and Faces  Silver
India Indian Memory Championship Names and Faces  Gold
India Indian Memory Championship 10 min cards  Gold
India Indian Memory Championship Binary Digits  Silver
India Indian Memory Championship Random Numbers  Silver
India Indian Memory Championship Historic and future dates  Silver
India Indian Memory Championship Speed Numbers  Silver
India Indian Memory Championship Random Words  Silver
China World Memory Championship Names and Faces  Bronze

2016

Championship Event Medal
India Indian National Memory Championships Overall  Silver
India Indian Memory Championship Names and Faces  Gold
India Indian Memory Championship 5 min Words  Silver
India Indian Memory Championship 10 min Cards  Silver
India Indian Memory Championship Speed Numbers  Silver
India Indian Memory Championship Historic and future dates  Silver
India Indian Memory Championship Speed Cards  Silver
India Indian Memory Championship Random Numbers  Bronze
India Indian Memory Championship Binary Digits  Bronze
India Indian Memory Championship Spoken Numbers  Bronze
India Indian Memory Championship Abstract Images  Bronze
Singapore World Memory Championship Names and Faces  Gold

2017

Championship Event Medal
Indonesia World Memory Championship Names and Faces  Bronze

2018

Championship Event Medal
India Indian National Memory Championships Overall  Bronze
India Indian National Memory Championships Names and Faces  Silver
India Indian National Memory Championships Historic and future dates  Silver
India Indian National Memory Championships Random Words  Silver
India Indian National Memory Championships Speed Numbers  Bronze
Hong Kong World Memory Championships Names and Faces  Silver

2019

Championship Event Medal
Italy Italian Open Memory Championships Overall  Silver
Italy Italian Open Memory Championships Names and Faces  Gold
Italy Italian Open Memory Championships Random Words  Gold
Italy Italian Open Memory Championships Historic and future dates  Silver
Italy Italian Open Memory Championships Spoken numbers  Silver
Italy Italian Open Memory Championships Abstract Images  Silver
Italy Italian Open Memory Championships Speed Cards  Bronze
India Indian Open Memory Championships(WMSC) Overall  Bronze
India Indian Open Memory Championships(WMSC) Names and Faces  Gold
India Indian Open Memory Championships(WMSC) Random Numbers  Silver
India Indian Open Memory Championships(WMSC) Historic and Future Dates  Silver
India Indian Open Memory Championships(WMSC) Speed Cards  Bronze
India Indian Memory Championships(WMSC) Overall  Silver
India Indian Memory Championships(WMSC) Speed Cards  Gold
India Indian Memory Championships(WMSC) Names and Faces  Gold
India Indian Memory Championships(WMSC) Binary Digits  Silver
India Indian Memory Championships(WMSC) Random Numbers  Silver
India Indian Memory Championships(WMSC) Speed Numbers  Silver
India Indian Memory Championships(WMSC) Historic/Future Dates  Silver
India Indian Memory Championships(WMSC) Random Words  Silver
India Indian Memory Championships(WMSC) Abstract Images  Bronze
India Indian Memory Championships(WMSC) Spoken Numbers  Bronze
India Indian Memory Championships(WMSC) Random Cards  Bronze
India Indian Memory Championships(IAM) Overall  Silver
India Indian Memory Championships(IAM) Speed Cards  Silver
India Indian Memory Championships(IAM) Names and Faces  Silver
India Indian Memory Championships(IAM) Random Numbers  Silver
India Indian Memory Championships(IAM) Speed Numbers  Silver
India Indian Memory Championships(IAM) Historic/Future Dates  Silver
India Indian Memory Championships(IAM) Random Words  Silver
India Indian Memory Championships(IAM) Binary Digits  Bronze
China World Memory Championship Names and Faces  Bronze

See also

References

  1. "Bagging laurels in memory field". The Hans India. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  2. "World Memory Championship 2012 (Combined)".
  3. "This Hyderabadi girl's memory power will boggle you - Times of India". The Times of India.
  4. "Vaishnavi is champion". The Hindu. 15 June 2009.
  5. "100 women nominated for Women and Child Development's achievers' award".
  6. "IWoman Global Awards 2019:Sri Vyshnavi Yarlagadda". Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
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