Personal information | |
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Full name |
Sri Vyshnavi Yarlagadda |
Nationality | Indian |
Ethnicity | Asian |
Born |
Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
6 December 1995
Residence | Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) |
Sport | |
Country | India |
Sport | Memory sport |
Rank |
17 [WOMEN'S RANKING] 75 [OVERALL RANKING] |
Achievements and titles | |
Highest world ranking | 2 - Names and Faces Event (20 October 2013) |
Updated on WMSC Profile. |
Sri Vyshnavi Yarlagadda
17 [WOMEN'S RANKING]
Sri Vyshnavi Yarlagadda (born 6 December 1995) is an International Master 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 and she is the highest ranked athlete in the Indian Memory sports history. 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.
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.