Czech students successful at international mathematics and physics Olympiads
photo: (IMO2011)
Czech high school students gained one silver and three bronze medals at the International Mathematical Olympiad that took place in July 2011 in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Our students also brought back three silver and two bronze medals from the International Physics Olympiad taking place in the same month in Bangkok in Thailand.
The students competing at the 52nd year of the International Mathematical Olympiad gained success from amongst the stiff competition of 539 high school students. In the overall ranking, the Czech Republic took X3 39th place from 101 countries X3. The Czech Republic reached 24th place in the overall ranking of the 42nd International Physics Olympiad among 397 competitors from 86 counties.
The most successful mathematician of the Czech Republic is a student of the Gymnazium in Tachov, Anh Dung Le, who gained the silver medal. He was only an inch from the gold, missing out by five points. He moved to the Czech Republic from Vietnam five years ago. The kings of the mathematical Olympiad were Chinese students, while second place was taken by Americans. The total winner of the 52nd year of the competition was Lisa Sauermann from Germany, who gained her fourth gold medal in five years. In 2010, the Czech Republic “only” achieved two third places at the same competition.
The promising physicists awarded the silver medal include Stanislav Fořt (Gymnazium of P. de Coubertin in Tábor), Jakub Vošmer (Gymnazium of M. Lerch in Brno) and Martin Bucháček (Gymnazium of L. Pika in Pilsen). The most successful country of the European Union at the physics Olympiad was Slovakia (3 gold medals, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal). The Czech Republic took sixth place among the EU-member countries.
Author:
Andrea Kábelová
Source: https://www.imo2011.nl/, http://www.ipho2011.org/index.php
Added:
03.10.2011