Venues and Winner

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The World Memory Championships is an organized competition of mental sports in which competitors memorize as much information as possible within a given period of time.[1] The Championship has taken place annually since 1991. The first winner was Dominic O'Brien.

In 2006 it took place in Imperial College, London, England. About 40 international competitors took part, with all continents (except Antarctica) sending representatives. 2007's event took place in Bahrain on August 31, September 1 & 2.

The World Championships consist of ten different disciplines, where the competitors have to memorize as much as they can in a period of time. Clemens Mayer from Germany won in 2006- his second consecutive victory. Ben Pridmore from Derby, England is currently ranked as number one in the world ranking list.

American author Joshua Foer signed a 1.2 million-dollar contract with Penguin Books for a book called Moonwalking with Einstein (expected for 2009). It is a novel about himself, winning the American Memory Championships and taking part in the World Memory Championships 2006.

Venues and Winner

Year Venue Winner

1991 London Dominic O'Brien

1992 London Dominic O'Brien

1994 London Jonathan Hancock

1995 London Dominic O'Brien

1996 London Dominic O'Brien

1997 London Dominic O'Brien

1998 London Andi Bell

1999 London Dominic O'Brien

2000 London Dominic O'Brien

2001 London Dominic O'Brien

2002 London Andi Bell

2003 Kuala Lumpur Andi Bell

2004 Manchester Ben Pridmore

2005 Oxford Clemens Mayer

2006 London Clemens Mayer

2007 Bahrain Gunther Karsten

2008 Bahrain Ben Pridmore

External link

World Memory Championships website

http://www.worldmemorychampionships.com/

memorysports.info

http://www.memorysports.info/