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Indonesian students win six gold medals in World Memory Tour Final 2019
"Indonesia is no doubt one of the teams with the strongest memory and concentration in the world,” coach says after Indonesian students win medals galore in China.
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Indonesia’s junior memory sports team poses with medals and awards at the World Memory Tour Final 2019 in Xiamen, China. (courtesy of the Indonesia Memory Sports Council/courtesy of the Indonesia Memory Sports Council)
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ndonesia’s junior memory sports team has won big in the World Memory Tour Final 2019 held in Xiamen, China, from Dec. 16 to 18, obtaining six gold medals, five silvers and seven bronzes from 10 competition categories.
The results made Indonesia the overall winner in the junior category with a clean sweep of all top three positions.
Janet Valencia from Regina Pacis high school in Bogor, West Java, took the top spot with 4,260 points, Amira Tsurayya Muniruzzaman from Al Bayan high school in Sukabumi came second with 4,008 points, while Yossyifa Zahra from SMA 1 state high school in Depok finished in third place with 3,782 points.
Janet won two gold medals, one for memorizing names and faces in 15 minutes and one for memorizing the order of random words in 15 minutes, while Amira won three gold medals for memorizing a set of binary numbers in 30 minutes, memorizing the order of random images in five minutes and memorizing spoken numbers. Yossyifa also won one gold medal in the speed numbers category.
Besides being the overall champion, Janet also broke the junior world record for memorizing faces and names after recalling 141 names in 15 minutes, five more than the previous record. Meanwhile Yossyifa was awarded the title International Grandmaster of Memory after memorizing 1,000 random digits and 10 decks of playing cards in one hour and memorizing the order of one deck of shuffled playing cards in under two minutes.
“These achievements show that Indonesia is no doubt one of the teams with the strongest memory and concentration in the world,” Indonesian team head Yudi Lesmana said in a statement from the Indonesia Memory Sports Council. (kmt)
