Emma Alam from Pakistan, has won the 29th World Memory Championship leaving behind as many as 300 participants from across the globe.
Alam won the three-day competition, competing in more than 10 disciplines, which included competitors from China, Canada, UK, South Korea, Vietnam, India, Malaysia, Algeria, the United States, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Libya, Qatar, and Iraq.
Emma Alam and Syeda Kisa Zehra from Team Pakistan also broke multiple World Records in this year’s championship.
World Memory Championships was founded in 1991 by the world-renowned Tony Buzan and Raymond Keene to shine a global spotlight on the incredible power of human memory.
The late Tony Buzan was the world’s top 5 speakers reported by Forbes Magazine. He was the one who popularised the idea of mental literacy. Raymond Keene is Grandmaster of Chess and an appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire by her majesty Queen Elizabeth.
Since 1991, the championship has travelled to various high profile international venues, including The Kingdom of Bahrain, Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University, Imperial College London, The Royal Festival Hall, Olympia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hainan, and Wuhan.