World memory championship
The World Memory Championships (Engl. World Memory Championships ) find since 1991 a year and are from the international Memorial Sports Association , the World Memory Sports Council (WMSC) organized. The founder and organizer of the World Championships is the well-known English psychologist and mental trainer Tony Buzan . The world championships are held as a 3-day decathlon. The overall winner will receive the title World Memory Champion or English World Memory Champion .
Over the years, the number of participants has increased significantly. At the first world championship there were only 9 participants at the start, in 2010 this was well over 100. All continents were represented. In China in particular, the media are showing great interest in the World Cup. The 2010 competition in Guangzhou was broadcast live.
Venues and winners
year | venue | First place | Second place | third place |
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1991 | London | Dominic O'Brien | Jonathan Hancock | Kenneth Wilshire |
1992 | failed | |||
1993 | London | Dominic O'Brien | Jonathan Hancock | Philip Bond |
1994 | London | Jonathan Hancock | Dominic O'Brien | James Lee |
1995 | London | Dominic O'Brien | Jonathan Hancock | Andi Bell |
1996 | London | Dominic O'Brien | Andi Bell | Tom Groves |
1997 | London | Dominic O'Brien | Andi Bell | David Thomas |
1998 | London | Andi Bell | Michael Tipper | Gunther Karsten |
1999 | London | Dominic O'Brien | Yu Zhang | Andi Bell |
2000 | London | Dominic O'Brien | Andi Bell | Gunther Karsten |
2001 | London | Dominic O'Brien | Gunther Karsten | Andi Bell |
2002 | London | Andi Bell | Dominic O'Brien | Gunther Karsten |
2003 | Kuala Lumpur | Andi Bell | Astrid Plessl | Ben Pridmore |
2004 | Manchester | Ben Pridmore | Astrid Plessl | Joachim Thaler |
2005 | Oxford | Clemens Mayer | Gunther Karsten | Joachim Thaler |
2006 | London | Clemens Mayer | Gunther Karsten | Joachim Thaler |
2007 | Bahrain | Gunther Karsten | Ben Pridmore | Simon Reinhard |
2008 | Bahrain | Ben Pridmore | Gunther Karsten | Johannes Mallow |
2009 | London | Ben Pridmore | Johannes Mallow | Simon Reinhard |
2010 | Guangzhou | Wang Feng | Johannes Mallow | Ben Pridmore |
2011 | Guangzhou | Wang Feng | Liu Su | Li Wei |
2012 | London | Johannes Mallow | Simon Reinhard | Jonas from Essen |
2013 | London | Jonas from Essen | Johannes Mallow | Christian Schäfer |
2014 | Hainan | Jonas from Essen | Simon Reinhard | Sengesamdan Ulziikhutag |
2015 | Cheng you | Alex Mullen | Marwen Wallonius | Simon Reinhard |
2016 | Singapore | Alex Mullen | Huang Shenghua | Su toe |
Since 2017 there have been world championships from two different organizations (IAM and WMSC).
International Association of Memory (IAM)
year | venue | First place | Second place | third place |
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2017 | Jakarta | Alex Mullen | Munkhshur Narmandakh | Yanjaa Wintersoul |
World Memory Sports Council (WMSC)
year | venue | First place | Second place | third place |
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2017 | Shenzhen | Munkhshur Narmandakh | Shi Binbin | Su toe |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ World Memory Championships 2017 - Overall ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accessed September 12, 2018
- ↑ 26th World Memory Championships, Shenzhen, China - Full results (pdf) Retrieved on September 12, 2018 (English)