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Ultrafine-grained materials with nanotwins are expected to produce a remarkable combination of strength and ductility. In the present study, ultrafine-grained CoCrNi medium-entropy alloy with nanotwins is fabricated by high-pressure torsion followed by annealing; and investigated for cryogenic tensile properties. The alloy exhibits superior cryogenic tensile properties with a tensile strength of ~2 GPa and tensile strain of ~27%. The cryogenic tensile strength of ultrafine-grained sample increased by 67% as compared to the cryogenic tensile strength of coarse-grained sample due to fine grain size, annealing nanotwins, residual dislocation density, and strong temperature dependence of yield strength.