Clemens Mayer

{{short description|German memory champion}} thumb|250px|Clemens Mayer (middle) at the German Memory Championships

'''Clemens Mayer''' (born September 25, 1985, in Brannenburg) is a German memory sports competitor. He was World Memory Champion in 2005 and 2006.<ref>[http://www.worldmemorychampionships.com/hall_of_fame_Clemens_Mayer.asp?id=74 World Memory Championship site]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110604200348/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2327879.ece?print=yes&randnum=1151003209000 Times Online]</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldmemorychampionships.com/wmc-2018/#:~:text=Wei%20Qinru%20%E2%80%93%20Junior%2C%20female%2C%20aged%2014!!!|title=WMC 2018}}</ref>

He uses the method of loci. He originally intended to be an Olympic runner, but decided to go into memory sports after watching Gunther Karsten on German television.<ref>[http://discovermagazine.com/2006/apr/world-memory-championship/article_view?b_start:int=1&-C= Discover Magazine]</ref> Since participating in the South German Memory Championship on 24 June 2007, he did not compete in any championship of memory sports.<ref>[http://iam-stats.com/athlete.php?id=10665 CLEMENS MAYER] iam-stats.com</ref>

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