Sri Vyshnavi Yarlagadda

Sri Vyshnavi Yarlagadda (born 6 December 1995) is an International Grandmaster 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 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. 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. Her family hails from Vijayawada.

Records

World Records YearRecord 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 YearRecord 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) Nari Niyogin Award by S.P.E.W (2017) Nari Shakti Award by Iwoman Awards (2018)

Medal Records

2010 ChampionshipEventMedal Indian National Memory Championships Names and Faces World Junior Memory Championship Names and Faces

2011 ChampionshipEventMedal World Memory Championship Names and Faces World Junior Memory Championship Names and Faces Indian National Memory Championships Names and Faces Indian National Memory Championships Historic and future dates Indian National Memory Championships Binary Digits

2012 ChampionshipEventMedal World Junior Memory Championship Overall World Memory Championship Names and Faces World Junior Memory Championship Names and Faces World Junior Memory Championship Historic and future dates World Junior Memory Championship One hour Numbers World Junior Memory Championship Abstract Images World Junior Memory Championship Binary Digits Indian National Memory Championships Names and Faces Indian National Memory Championships Historic and future dates Indian National Memory Championships Binary Digits

2013 ChampionshipEventMedal Indian National Memory Championships Overall Indian National Memory Championships Names and Faces Indian National Memory Championships Binary Digits Indian National Memory Championships Historic and future dates Indian National Memory Championships 15 Minute Numbers Indian National Memory Championships Random Words Indian National Memory Championships Abstract Images Indian National Memory Championships 10 Minute Cards Indian National Memory Championships Speed Numbers

2014 ChampionshipEventMedal Indian National Memory Championships Overall Indian Open Adult Memory Championships Overall Indian Open Memory Championships Names and Faces Indian Open Memory Championships Random Words Indian Open Memory Championships Historic/Future Dates Indian National Memory Championships Random Words Indian National Memory Championships Binary Digits Indian National Memory Championships Names and Faces Indian National Memory Championships Random Numbers Indian National Memory Championships Historic and Future Dates Indian National Memory Championships Spoken Numbers Indian National Memory Championships Abstract Images

2015 ChampionshipEventMedal Indian National Memory Championships Overall Asian Memory Championships Names and Faces HongKong Open Memory Championship Names and Faces Indian Memory Championship Names and Faces Indian Memory Championship 10 min cards Indian Memory Championship Binary Digits Indian Memory Championship Random Numbers Indian Memory Championship Historic and future dates Indian Memory Championship Speed Numbers Indian Memory Championship Random Words World Memory Championship Names and Faces

2016 ChampionshipEventMedal Indian National Memory Championships Overall Indian Memory Championship Names and Faces Indian Memory Championship 5 min Words Indian Memory Championship 10 min Cards Indian Memory Championship Speed Numbers Indian Memory Championship Historic and future dates Indian Memory Championship Speed Cards Indian Memory Championship Random Numbers Indian Memory Championship Binary Digits Indian Memory Championship Spoken Numbers Indian Memory Championship Abstract Images World Memory Championship Names and Faces

2017 ChampionshipEventMedal World Memory Championship Names and Faces

2018 ChampionshipEventMedal Indian National Memory Championships Overall Indian National Memory Championships Names and Faces Indian National Memory Championships Historic and future dates Indian National Memory Championships Random Words Indian National Memory Championships Speed Numbers World Memory Championships Names and Faces

2019 ChampionshipEventMedal Italian Open Memory Championships Overall Italian Open Memory Championships Names and Faces Italian Open Memory Championships Random Words Italian Open Memory Championships Historic and future dates Italian Open Memory Championships Spoken numbers Italian Open Memory Championships Abstract Images Italian Open Memory Championships Speed Cards Indian Open Memory Championships(WMSC) Overall Indian Open Memory Championships(WMSC) Names and Faces Indian Open Memory Championships(WMSC) Random Numbers Indian Open Memory Championships(WMSC) Historic and Future Dates Indian Open Memory Championships(WMSC) Speed Cards Indian Memory Championships(WMSC) Overall Indian Memory Championships(WMSC) Speed Cards Indian Memory Championships(WMSC) Names and Faces Indian Memory Championships(WMSC) Binary Digits Indian Memory Championships(WMSC) Random Numbers Indian Memory Championships(WMSC) Speed Numbers Indian Memory Championships(WMSC) Historic/Future Dates Indian Memory Championships(WMSC) Random Words Indian Memory Championships(WMSC) Abstract Images Indian Memory Championships(WMSC) Spoken Numbers Indian Memory Championships(WMSC) Random Cards Indian Memory Championships(IAM) Overall Indian Memory Championships(IAM) Speed Cards Indian Memory Championships(IAM) Names and Faces Indian Memory Championships(IAM) Random Numbers Indian Memory Championships(IAM) Speed Numbers Indian Memory Championships(IAM) Historic/Future Dates Indian Memory Championships(IAM) Random Words Indian Memory Championships(IAM) Binary Digits World Memory Championship Names and Faces