Grandmasters

Please see the World Memory Championships site here, for the latest Memory Masters.

From WMC 2013, GMM titles will be awarded to the top 5 placed competitors (who are not already GMMs) who have achieved a total of 5000 or more cumulative points in that competition.

This page contains:-
- Annual Listing
- International Grandmaster of Memory (IGM) (6000+ points)
- Changes to GMM and introduction of International Master of Memory 2013
- New Asian Master of Memory title (Since 2015)

The following Memory Athletes have attained the title of Grandmaster of Memory (GMM) which is only awarded at a World Memory Championships.

Annual listing - As at 29 December, 2015

The eight original Grandmaster of Memory (GMM) titles were awarded in October 1995 by Prince Philip von und zu Liechtenstein at Hanbury Manor.

	1995	October, London
1	Andi Bell	England
2	Creighton Carvello	England
3	Dominic O'Brien	England
4	Jonathon Hancock	England
5	Kevin Horsley	South Africa
6	Mark Channon	Scotland
7	Patrick Colgan	Ireland
8	Philip Bond	England
Grandmaster Norms: 4 Decks of Cards or 400 digits

"Potential candidates achieving a score of at least 2500 points in carefully adjudicated 'marathon' memory events
were awarded the title of Grandmaster of Memory." Source: 'Synapsia' Autumn/Winter 1995

	1996	London, England
Grandmaster Norms: 6 Decks of Cards or 600 digits
	1997	London, England
1	David Thomas	England	Male	Adult
	1998	London, England
1	Michael Tipper	England	Male	Adult
	1999	London, England
1	Gunther Karsten Dr.	Germany`	Male	Adult
2	Stephen Clarke	England	Male
	2000	August - London, England
1	Robert Carder	England	Male
2	Wan Jiun Wong	Malaysia
	2001	August - London, England
1	Chan Tian How	Malaysia
2	Christiane Stenger	Germany	Female
3	Jan Formann	Denmark	Male	Adult
4	Michaela Karsten Dr.	Czech. Republic	Female	Adult
5	Yip Swe Chooi Dr.	Malaysia	Male	Adult
6	Yuan Ooi Shyong	Malaysia
	2002	August - London, England
1	Astrid Plessl	Austria	Female	Adult
2	Christina Braunger	Germany	Female
3	Lukas Amsuss	Austria	Male	Adult
4	Steffen Butow	Germany	Male
	2003	October - Malaysia
1	Ben Pridmore	England	Male	Adult
2	Fanny Boediman	Indonesia	Female	Adult
3	Ivy Chong See Mun	Malaysia	Female	Junior
4	John Louis	India	Male	Adult
5	Mao Hua Wang	China		Adult
6	Nishant Kasibhatla	India	Male	Adult
7	Prapti Hartiningsih	Indonesia	Male	Adult
8	Scott Hagwood	USA	Male	Adult
9	Titiani Loren	Indonesia
10	Wiwik Setyowati	Indonesia		Adult
11	Yudi Lesmana	Indonesia	Male	Junior
12	Zhang Jie	China		Adult
	Grandmaster Norms (2003 and earlier)	1 Hour Cards (365 Cards)
		1 Hour Numbers (713 Numbers)
		Speed Cards (180 seconds)
	2004	August - Manchester, England
1	Clemens Mayer	Germany	Male
2	Edward Cooke	England	Male	Adult
3	Luise Sommer Dr.	Austria	Female	Adult
	Grandmaster Norms (2004 and onwards)	1 Hour Cards (520 Cards)
		1 Hour Numbers (1000 Numbers)
		Speed Cards (120 seconds)
	2005	August - Oxford, England
1	Alisa Kellner	Germany	Female
2	Boris Nikolai Konrad	Germany	Male	Adult
3	Joachim Thaler	Austria
4	Trevor Nell	South Africa	Male
	2006	August - London, England
1	Cornelia Beddies	Germany	Female	Adult
	2007	August - Bahrain
1	Chen Yu Juan	China
4	Guo Chuanwei	China	Male	Adult
2	Huang Jindong	China
3	Lee Tai Yiu	Hong Kong	Male	Adult
4	Liu Ping	China
5	Simon Reinhard	Germany	Male	Adult
6	Wu Tiansheng	China
7	Zhuang Haizan	China
	2008	October - Bahrain
1	James Ponder	England	Male	Adult
2	Johannes Mallow	Germany	Male	Adult
3	Jurgen Petersen	Germany	Male	Adult
4	Yuan Wenkui	China	Male	Adult
5	Yip Siow Hong	Malaysia	Male	Adult
6	Zheng Caiqian	China	Male	Adult
	2009	November - London, England
1	Ola Kare Risa	Norway	Male	Adult
2	Shi Junheng	China
3	Su Ruiqiao	China	Male	Junior
4	Wang Feng	China	Male	Adult
4	Zhang Shiyu	China		Junior
5	Zhu Shao Min	China	Female	Adult
	2010	November, Guangzhou, China
1	Corinna Draschl	Austria	Female	Adult
2	Chang Guohui	China
3	Cui Zhonghong	China	Male	Adult
4	Deng Lequan	China	Female	Junior
5	Gong Lei	China	Male	Adult
6	Huang Huazhu	China	Female	Junior
7	Huang Yaohui	China	Male	Adult
8	Li Haoming	China	Male	Adult
9	Li Peiyi	China	Female	Adult
10	Li Qingping	China	Male	Adult
11	Li Wei	China	Male	Adult
12	Liang Wanjia	China	Female	Adult
13	Liang Yuming	China	Male	Adult
14	Liu Jian	China	Male	Adult
15	Liu Liqiong	China	Female	Adult
16	Liu Mingwang	China	Male	Adult
17	Liu Su	China	Male	Adult
18	Mi Yong	China	Male	Adult
19	Qiu Ziyou	China	Male	Adult
20	Wang Min	China	Female	Adult
21	Wu Siyuan	China	Female	Adult
22	Wu Zhenhui	China	Male	Adult
23	Wu Ziyu	China	Female	Junior
24	Yu Wei	China	Male	Adult
	2011	December, Guangzhou, China
1	Akjol Syeryekkhaan	Mongolia	Male	Adult
2	Andy Tsz Kit Fong	Hong Kong	Male	Adult
3	Chen Jian Ting	China	Male	Junior
4	Chen Ping Ping	China	Female	Adult
5	Chen Yujie	China	Male	Adult
6	Fu Jianjin	China	Male	Adult
7	Hu Qingwen	China	Male	Adult
8	Hu Xiaoling	China	Female	Adult
9	Huang Rong Hao	China	Male	Adult
10	Jiang Shiyu	China	Male	Adult
11	Jiang Zhuo Lang	China	Male	Adult
12	Lan Gui	China	Male	Adult
13	Li Dandan	China	Female	Adult
14	Liu Hongzhi	China	Male	Kids
15	Liu Kong Jie	China	Male	Adult
16	Liu Xiaoting	China	Female	Adult
17	Liu Xiwen	China	Female	Adult
18	Lu Fei Fei	China	Female	Adult
19	Mark Anthony P. Castaneda	Philippines	Male	Adult
20	Qin Wanli	China
21	Saikhanbayar Tsogbadrah	Mongolia	Male	Adult
22	Sun Xiao Hui	China	Male	Adult
23	Tan Qiu Fan	China	Female	Adult
24	Wang Diandian	China	Male	Junior
25	Wang Xiaolu	China	Female	Adult
26	Xiong Yuan Fang	China	Female	Adult
27	Xu Canlin	China	Male	Adult
28	Yang Guanxin	China	Male	Adult
29	You Dongmei	China	Female	Adult
30	Yu Binjing	China	Male	Adult
31	Yuan Meng	China	Female	Adult
32	Zhang Hongxing	China	Male	Adult
33	Zhang Tiehan	China	Male	Adult
34	Zhang Zuo Yi Wei	China	Male	Junior
35	Zhong Chuan	China	Male	Adult
36	Zhou Qi	China	Male	Adult
37	Zhou Qiang	China	Male	Adult
38	Zhu Xuan Hao	China	Male	Adult
39	Zou Zhongming	China	Male	Adult
	2012	December - London, England
1	Chan Chi Wa	Hong Kong	Female	Adult
2	Erwin G. Balines	Philippines	Male	Adult
3	Jonas von Essen	Sweden	Male	Adult
4	Marwin Wallonius	Sweden	Male	Adult
5	Mattias Ribbing	Sweden	Male	Adult
6	Nelson Dellis	USA	Male	Adult
	2013	December - London, England
	Transition year of IMM and GMM
1	Bat-Erdene TSOGOO	Mongolia	Male	Junior
2	CAO Quanquan	China	Male	Adult
3	HU Xisheng	China	Male	Adult
4	Johann Randall P. ABRINA	Philippines	Male	Adult
5	Johnny (Juan) BRIONES	USA	Male	Adult
6	Joona Aapeli Marjakangas	Finland	Male	Adult
7	Mark Aaroe Nissen	Denmark	Male	Adult
8	Matteo Salvo	Italy	Male	Adult
9	Namuuntuul BAT-ERDENE	Mongolia	Female	Junior
10	Rajendra JAIN	India	Male	Adult
11	Sengesamdan ULZIIKHUTAG	Mongolia	Male	Adult
12	WU Dide	China	Male	Adult
13	Yoshihiro IKEDA	Japan	Male	Adult

Grandmaster Norm 2013 and onwards - Top 5 placed competitors that are not already GMMs who have achieved a total of 5000 or more cumulative points in that competition

	2014	December - Hainan, China
1	Purevjav ERDENESAIKHAN	Mongolia	Male	Junior
2	ZHENG Aiqiang	China	Male	Adult
	2015	December - Chengdu, China
1	Chen Yongsong 陈永松	China	Male	Adult
2	HUANG Shenghua 黄胜华	China	Male	Adult
3	Liu Huifeng 刘会凤	China	Female	Adult
4	Pan Ziqi 潘梓祺	China	Male	Adult
5	Shijir-Erdene BAT-ENKH	Mongolian	Male	Junior

International Grandmaster of Memory (IGM)

A new title of International Grandmaster of Memory (IGM) will be awarded to competitors who have achieved more than 6,000 points according to current millennium standards (as of January 2013) at a World Memory Championship and to all former World Champions of Memory.

	Inaugural List of IGMs
1	Andi Bell	England
2	Astrid Plessl	Austria
3	Ben Pridmore	England
4	Boris Konrad	Germany
5	Clemens Mayer	Germany
6	Christian Schafer	Germany
7	Dominic O'Brien	England
8	Dr Gunther Karsten	Germany
9	Johannes Mallow	Germany
10	Jonathan Hancock	England
11	Jonas von Essen	Sweden
12	Liu Su	China
13	Simon Reinhard	Germany
14	Wang Feng	China
	2013 IGM Awardee
1	Ola Kare RISA	Norway
	2014 IGM Awardee
1	Marwin Wallonius	Sweden
2	Sengesamdan ULZIIKHUTAG	Mongolia
	2015 IGM Awardee
1	Alex MULLEN	USA
2	Enkhmunkh ERDENEBATKHAAN	Mongolia
3	Purevjav ERDENESAIKHAN	Mongolia
4	Shi Binbin 石彬彬	China
5	Yanjindulam ALTANSUH	Sweden

Changes to Grandmaster of Memory (GMM) and introduction of International Master of Memory (IMM)

To encourage new entrants globally to take up the sport of memory, the World Memory Sports Council has decided to introduce a new title recognising significant achievement. Commencing at WMC2013, the WMSC will introduce a new title of International Master of Memory (IMM) and redefine qualification criteria for the title of Grandmaster of Memory (GMM). 2013 will be a transition year where both IMM and GMM will be awarded for the same achievement.

The title of World Memory Champion (WMC), contested annually, remains the supreme means of recognition of Memory Athletes.

The changes have been introduced for two reasons:
- To maintain the prestige of GMM as the ultimate permanent accolade in memory.
- To grant recognition for achievement at a lower level than GMM but that is still an outstanding effort.

International Master of Memory (IMM) will follow the previous GMM Criteria and must be achieved in WMSC approved, 10 discipline tournaments.

Competitors do not have to achieve all 3 norms in a single tournament.
- 1000 digits in one hour.
- 10 decks of cards in one hour.
- One deck of cards in 2 minutes or less.

Competitors who wish to attain their International Master of Memory qualifications at a World Memory Championships must ensure that they compete in all 10 disciplines and achieve a total of 3000 or more cumulative points i.e. not solely focusing on the International Master Events.

IMM, GMM, and IGM can only be awarded at the World Memory Championship.

GMM titles will be awarded to the top 5 placed competitors that are not already GMMs who have achieved a total of 5000 or more cumulative points in that year's World Memory Championship.

Any competitor who already has a full GMM title will maintain their title for life.

Any competitor with one or two current GM Norms may use these to contribute to the new IMM title.

The above criteria supersede and replaces all previous GMM qualification criteria.

	2013	December - London, England
	Transition year of IMM and GMM
1	Bat-Erdene TSOGOO	Mongolia	Male	Junior
2	CAO Quanquan	China	Male	Adult
3	HU Xisheng	China	Male	Adult
4	Johann Randall P. ABRINA	Philippines	Male	Adult
5	Johnny (Juan) BRIONES	USA	Male	Adult
6	Joona Aapeli Marjakangas	Finland	Male	Adult
7	Mark Aaroe Nissen	Denmark	Male	Adult
8	Matteo Salvo	Italy	Male	Adult
9	Namuuntuul BAT-ERDENE	Mongolia	Female	Junior
10	Rajendra JAIN	India	Male	Adult
11	Sengesamdan ULZIIKHUTAG	Mongolia	Male	Adult
12	WU Dide	China	Male	Adult
13	Yoshihiro IKEDA	Japan	Male	Adult
	2014	December - Hainan, China
1	Anudari ADIYASUREN	Mongolia	Female	Junior
2	Axel J. TABERNILLA	Philippines	Male	Adult
3	CHAN Wen Shi	Hong Kong	Female	Adult
4	CHEN Hao	China	Male	Adult
5	CHEN Yongsong	China	Male	Adult
6	CHEN Zhiqiang	China	Male	Junior
7	DONG Xun	China	Female	Junior
8	HE Lei	China	Female	Adult
9	HE Ping	China	Male	Adult
10	HE Zhiqiang	China	Male	Adult
11	HUANG Shenghua	China	Male	Adult
12	Jamyla Domingo LAMBUNAO	Philippines	Female	Junior
13	KONG Xingyu	China	Male	Adult
14	LAW YAN	China	Female	Adult
15	LI Juncheng	China	Female	Adult
16	LI Lu	China	Female	Adult
17	LI Qing	China	Female	Adult
18	LIAO Xiangxiang	China	Male	Adult
19	LIN Lei	China	Female	Adult
20	LIN Min	China	Male	Adult
21	LIN Xinyu	China	Female	Junior
22	LIU Huifeng	China	Female	Adult
23	LIU Zhihong	China	Male	Adult
24	MA Jin Yau	Hong Kong	Male	Junior
25	MA Yunfeng	China	Male	Adult
26	MAO Hongwei	China	Male	Adult
27	Meryem Yezza	Algeria	Female	Adult
28	NIE Dongdong	China	Male	Adult
29	QU Wengang	China	Male	Adult
30	SHEN Yifan	China	Male	Adult
31	SHU Yubiao	China	Male	Adult
32	SONG Peiheng	China	Male	Junior
33	SU Qingbo	China	Male	Adult
34	TEO Kim Foo	Malaysia	Male	Adult
35	WANG Ruixi	China	Female	Junior
36	WENG Cuiping	China	Male	Adult
37	WU Qiong	China	Female	Adult
38	XI Meng	China	Male	Adult
39	Xu Canlin	China	Male	Adult
40	Xu Xiaoming	China	Male	Adult
41	YANG Shikuo	China	Female	Adult
42	YE Xiangwen	China	Female	Adult
43	YU Zili	China	Female	Adult
44	ZHANG Jing	China	Male	Adult
45	ZHANG Jingcheng	China	Male	Adult
46	ZHAO Ruilin	China	Male	Adult
47	ZHOU Hao	China	Male	Adult
48	ZHU Wenjuan	China	Male	Adult
	2015	December - Chengdu, China
1	Ariunsanaa BAYARDALAI	Mongolia	Male	Junior
2	Chen Yang 陈阳	China	Male	Adult
3	Chen Yongjian 陈永剑	China	Male	Adult
4	Chen Zehui 陈泽辉	China	Male	Adult
5	Chen Zeqi 陈泽麒	China	Male	Kids
6	Chen Zheqing 陈哲卿	China	Female	Junior
7	Chen Zhifeng 陈智峰	China	Male	Adult
8	Chi Bin 池斌	China	Male	Adult
9	Chi Yongrui 迟永锐	China	Male	Adult
10	Cui Yifan 崔一凡	China	Male	Adult
11	Ding Wenxuan 丁文萱	China	Male	Kids
12	Enkhjin TUMUR	Mongolia	male	Junior
13	Fang Shiqi 方士奇	China	Male	Adult
14	Fu Liudi 傅柳迪	China	Male	Adult
15	Gan Kaoyuan 甘考源	China	Male	Adult
16	Gu Yulei 顾玉磊	China	Male	Adult
17	Guo Yu 郭宇	China	Male	Adult
18	He Yiming 何益鸣	China	Female	Adult
19	Huang Yitong 黄驿童	China	Female	Kids
20	Ismoilov Khusniddin	Uzbekistan	Male	Adult
21	JEONG Gye Won	South Korea	Male	Adult
22	Jiang Shukang 蒋淑康	China	Female	Adult
23	Joshua Koh	Singapore	Male	Adult
24	Khangai Batbaatar	Mongolia	Male	Junior
25	KWON Soon-Moon Orissam	South Korea	Male	Adult
26	Lei Nanyan 雷南燕	China	Female	Adult
27	Li Jiayi 李佳宜	China	Female	Junior
28	Li Siyu 李偲妤	China	Female	Adult
29	Li Yu 李煜	China	Male	Adult
30	Lin Shaobo 林少波	China	Male	Adult
31	Liu Jun 刘俊	China	Male	Adult
32	Liu Kangyu 刘康煜	China	Male	Junior
33	Liu Na 柳娜	China	Female	Adult
34	Liu Xianmei 刘显梅	China	Female	Adult
35	Lu Honglian 卢红莲	China	Female	Adult
36	Lu Longbin 卢龙斌	China	Male	Adult
37	Lu Ming 陆明	China	Female	Adult
38	Lu Wei 陆伟	China	Male	Adult
39	Luo Menglan 罗梦兰	China	Female	Junior
40	Marlo KNIGHT	England	Male	Adult
41	Melanie HOLLEIN	Germany	Female	Adult
42	Motoro OHNO	Japan	Male	Adult
43	Nomin Ariunbold	Mongolia	Female	Junior
44	Omkar KIBE	India	Male	Adult
45	Qin Lei 覃雷	China	Male	Adult
46	Qiu Lijun 邱利军	China	Male	Adult
47	Rick de Jong	The Netherlands	Male	Adult
48	Shi Dawei 史大伟	China	Male	Adult
49	Sri Vyshnavi YARLAGADDA	India	Female	Adult
50	SUN Hanming	Hong Kong	Male	Adult
51	Tamim GATANESH	Libya	Male	Junior
52	Tan Kangmin 谭康民	China	Male	Junior
53	Tang Daijie 唐戴捷	China	Male	Adult
54	Tang Haoyang 唐浩洋	China	Male	Adult
55	Tong Jinyu 佟金宇	China	Male	Adult
56	Tuvshintugs NYAMDORJ	Mongolia	male	Junior
57	Wang Ci 王次	China	Male	Adult
58	Wang Jie 王杰	China	Female	Adult
59	Wang Tao 王涛(广州)	China	Male	Adult
60	Wang Tao 王涛(武汉)	China	Male	Adult
61	Wang Yehong 王业宏	China	Female	Adult
62	Wang Yiming 王一茗	China	Female	Kids
63	Wang Yueru 王月茹	China	Female	Junior
64	Wellon CHOU	Singapore	Male	Adult
65	Wu Chuchu 吴楚楚	China	Female	Junior
66	Wu Xinwei 吴欣慰	China	Female	Junior
67	Wu Xinxin 吴欣欣	China	Female	Adult
68	Xie Chaodong 谢超东	China	Male	Adult
69	Xie Liuxin 谢柳欣	China	Female	Adult
70	Xie Peitong 解培通	China	Male	Junior
71	Xie Yifan 谢一凡	China	Male	Junior
72	Xu Linfeng 徐林凤	China	Female	Adult
73	Xu Zhitian 许志天	China	Male	Junior
74	Yahia Nasreddine RASSINE	Algeria	Male	Adult
75	Yalguun ERDENEBAT	Mongolia	Female	Junior
76	Yan Jiashuo 闫家硕	China	Female	Kids
77	Yan Ling 严凌	China	Male	Adult
78	Yang Kun 杨坤	China	Female	Adult
79	Yang Mingxia 杨明霞	China	Female	Junior
80	YANG Yan 杨雁	China	Male	Adult
81	Yang Zejin 杨泽金	China	Male	Adult
82	Ye Yunting 叶韵婷	China	Female	Adult
83	Yi Xuelian 易雪莲	China	Female	Adult
84	Yin Xiqiong 尹锡琼	China	Female	Adult
85	Yu Yipei 余奕沛	China	Male	Adult
86	Yuan Guanlou 袁观楼	China	Male	Adult
87	Zhang Jiwen 张积文	China	Male	Adult
88	Zhao Liang 赵亮	China	Male	Adult
89	Zhou Liyue 周黎悦	China	Female	Adult
90	Zhou Ying 周莹	China	Female	Adult