Sri Vyshnavi Yarlagadda Explained

Sri Vyshnavi Yarlagadda
Fullname:Sri Vyshnavi Yarlagadda
Nationality:Indian
Ethnicity:Asian
Birth Date:6 December 1995
Birth Place:Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Residence:Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Height:165cms
Country:India
Sport:Memory sport
Rank:31 [WOMEN'S RANKING]158 [OVERALL RANKING]
Highestranking:2 - Names and Faces Event (20 October 2013)
Updated: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

YearRecord
2011 Junior World Record in 15 min Names and Faces
2012 Junior World Record in 5 min Names and Faces
2012Junior World Record in 15 min Names and Faces - Broke her own record
2013Women'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
20125 min Names and Faces - Broke her own record
201215 min Names and Faces - Broke her own record
20135 min Names and Faces - Broke her own record
201315 min Names and Faces - Broke her own record
2013Historic and Future Dates
201415 min Names and Faces - Broke her own record
2014Historic and Future Dates - Broke her own record
201430 min Binary Digits
201530 min Random Numbers
2015Long Numbers (1 hour)
201615 min Names and Faces - Broke her own record
201930 min Random Numbers - Broke her own record
201930 min Random Cards

All the above records were set at competitions affiliated to the World Memory Sports Council.

Titles

Awards

Awards
Rashtra Telugu Mahila Puraskar (2014)
Abhinandana Best Lady Award (2015)
TANA Award for Meritorious Achievements-Youth (2015)
  1. 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

ChampionshipEventMedal
Indian National Memory ChampionshipsNames 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 ChampionshipsNames and Faces
Indian National Memory ChampionshipsHistoric and future dates
Indian National Memory ChampionshipsBinary 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 ChampionshipsNames and Faces
Indian National Memory ChampionshipsHistoric and future dates
Indian National Memory ChampionshipsBinary Digits

2013

ChampionshipEventMedal
Indian National Memory ChampionshipsOverall
Indian National Memory ChampionshipsNames and Faces
Indian National Memory ChampionshipsBinary Digits
Indian National Memory ChampionshipsHistoric and future dates
Indian National Memory Championships15 Minute Numbers
Indian National Memory ChampionshipsRandom Words
Indian National Memory ChampionshipsAbstract Images
Indian National Memory Championships10 Minute Cards
Indian National Memory ChampionshipsSpeed Numbers

2014

ChampionshipEventMedal
Indian National Memory ChampionshipsOverall
Indian Open Adult Memory ChampionshipsOverall
Indian Open Memory ChampionshipsNames and Faces
Indian Open Memory ChampionshipsRandom Words
Indian Open Memory ChampionshipsHistoric/Future Dates
Indian National Memory ChampionshipsRandom Words
Indian National Memory ChampionshipsBinary Digits
Indian National Memory ChampionshipsNames and Faces
Indian National Memory ChampionshipsRandom Numbers
Indian National Memory ChampionshipsHistoric and Future Dates
Indian National Memory ChampionshipsSpoken Numbers
Indian National Memory ChampionshipsAbstract Images

2015

ChampionshipEventMedal
Indian National Memory ChampionshipsOverall
Asian Memory ChampionshipsNames 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 ChampionshipsOverall
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

2018

ChampionshipEventMedal
Indian National Memory ChampionshipsOverall
Indian National Memory ChampionshipsNames and Faces
Indian National Memory ChampionshipsHistoric and future dates
Indian National Memory ChampionshipsRandom Words
Indian National Memory ChampionshipsSpeed Numbers
World Memory ChampionshipsNames and Faces

2019

ChampionshipEventMedal
Italian Open Memory ChampionshipsOverall
Italian Open Memory ChampionshipsNames and Faces
Italian Open Memory ChampionshipsRandom Words
Italian Open Memory ChampionshipsHistoric and future dates
Italian Open Memory ChampionshipsSpoken numbers
Italian Open Memory ChampionshipsAbstract Images
Italian Open Memory ChampionshipsSpeed 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

See also

Sports
Sports person
Misc

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bagging laurels in memory field. The Hans India. 17 February 2018. en. 2018-02-25.
  2. Web site: World Memory Championship 2012 (Combined) .
  3. Web site: This Hyderabadi girl's memory power will boggle you - Times of India. The Times of India.
  4. News: Vaishnavi is champion. The Hindu. 15 June 2009.
  5. Web site: 100 women nominated for Women and Child Development's achievers' award.
  6. Web site: IWoman Global Awards 2019:Sri Vyshnavi Yarlagadda . 22 March 2019 . 22 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190322112923/http://iwomanawards.org/users/winner/194 . dead .