 She entered her first memory competition two months after reading it, receiving the newcomer award and placing first in the discipline names and faces at a German Open Memory competition in Munich, Germany.She has since medalled in a number of competitions as well as broken numerous memory records (see "Records").In 2015 Yanjaa was invited as one of the top 200 "Leaders of Tomorrow" at the 46th St. Gallen Symposium in St. Gallen, Switzerland for her achievements in memory sports at a young age.