- Johannes Mallow
Johannes Mallow (born
June 7 ,1981 Brandenburg an der Havel) is a German memory sportsman.He studies Communication Technology at the Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg. Besides he is working as a mind trainer for highly gifted children and also at theFolk High School inMagdeburg .Victories
* 2006 Memory Champion of North Germany
* 2007 Memory Champion of North Germany
* 2007 World Memory Champion in the discipline of Historical Dates
* 2008 Memory Champion of North Germany
* 2008 Memory Champion of GermanyWorld Records
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Memorize 99 Historical Dates out of 110 in 5 minutes ( September 1st, 2007 inBahrain at theWorld Memory Championships )
*Memorize 81 words in 5 minutes ( November 5, 2006 inStuttgart at the German Memory Championship)Memory System
He is using the
Method of loci . Many memory sportsmen use this method.* 1000 images for numbers, each combination of 3 numbers corresponds to a unique image.
External links
* [http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/content/550124 Johannes Mallow on German TV Talkshow 07/2008]
* [http://web.aanet.com.au/memorysports/competitor.php?id=189 statistics and records]
* [http://www.memoryxl.de German association for Memory Sports]
* [http://www.johannes-mallow.de private website]
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