Clemens Mayer (born September 25, 1985 in Brannenburg) is a German

memory sports Memory is the faculty of the mind by which data or information is encoded, stored, and retrieved when needed. It is the retention of information over time for the purpose of influencing future action. If past events could not be remembered, ...

person. He was World Memory Champion in 2005 and 2006. At the age of 19 years and 10 months, he became the youngest-ever world memory champion in 2005. 12 years later, in 2017, then-18-year- and 11-month-old Mongolian Munkhshur Narmandakh became the youngest champion ever and Mayer lost this record. Narmandakh lost this record to Wei Qinru who won the 2018 world championships at age 14. He uses the

method of loci The method of loci is a strategy for memory enhancement, which uses visualizations of familiar spatial environments in order to enhance the recall of information. The method of loci is also known as the memory journey, memory palace, journey m ...

. He originally intended to be an Olympic runner, but decided to go into memory sports after watching

Gunther Karsten Gunther Karsten (born 23 September 1961) is a German memory sport competitor and author. Biography Karsten graduated in chemistry and in microbiology. He runs a translation agency for patents as regular occupation. Besides, he is a leading mem ...

on German television. Since participating in the South German Memory Championship on 24 June 2007, he did not compete in any championship of memory sports.CLEMENS MAYER
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