July 24, 2019 by
Lidya Farag>
Canadian Team Win Medals in 2019 IMO
The Canadian Math Team placed well at the The 60th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). The six team members all won medals with more than 600 high school student competing all across the world.
One of our faculty members, Jacob Tsimerman, is the Chair of the IMO committee and is “incredibly proud of our team’s brilliant performance.” Tsimerman added: “The IMO is the apex of competitive mathematics at the high school level, and our students have represented our country incredibly well.”
The team results are as follows:
- Victor Rong [Toronto], Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute, Toronto, ON – Gold medal
- Howard Halim [Toronto], University of Toronto Schools, Toronto, ON – Silver medal
- Thomas Guo [Markham], Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH, USA – Bronze medal
- David Tang [Toronto], University of Toronto Schools, Toronto, ON – Bronze medal
- Sebastian Jeon [New Jersey], Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, NJ, USA – Bronze medal
- William Zhao [Richmond Hill], Richmond Hill High School, Richmond Hill, ON – Bronze medal
The full press release can be found here: