Sri Vyshnavi Yarlagadda

Sri Vyshnavi Yarlagadda
Personal information
Full name	Sri Vyshnavi Yarlagadda
Nationality	Indian
Born	6 December 1995 (age 29); Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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

Last updated September 07, 2025

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
Indian National Memory Championships	Names and Faces	Gold
World Junior Memory Championship	Names and Faces	Gold

2011

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

2012

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

2013

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

2014

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

2015

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

2016

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

2017

Championship	Event	Medal
World Memory Championship	Names and Faces	Bronze

2018

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

2019

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

References

↑ "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.

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[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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