Alex Mullen (memory athlete)
Mullen at the 2016 World Memory Championship in Singapore | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Alexander Joseph Mullen |
| Nationality | American |
| Born | 3 March 1992 Princeton, New Jersey, United States |
| Alma mater | Johns Hopkins University (BS) University of Mississippi (MD) |
| Years active | 2014–present |
| Spouse | Cathy Chen (m. 2015) |
| Website | www |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Memory |
| Rank | No. 1 (June 2016-2019) |
| Achievements and titles | |
| World finals | 1st place (2015, 2016, 2017) |
| National finals | 1st place (2016) |
| Highest world ranking | No. 1 (June 2016) |
| Personal bests |
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Alex Mullen (born 3 March 1992) is an American memory competitor, three-time world memory champion, and physician. The first American to win the world title, he won for three consecutive years the 2015, 2016, and 2017 World Memory Championships and held the IAM world No. 1 ranking from 2016-2019. He was also the 2022 and 2023 Memory League World Champion. Along with his wife, he runs Mullen Memory - a nonprofit which "provides free resources exploring memory palaces as learning tools."