Ravi Jagadeesan '14, Zhuo Qun (Alex) Song '15 and David Yang '13 Gain Gold Medals at International Mathematical Olympiad 2012
Team USA at IMO 2012: (l to r): IMO Guide, Po-Shen Loh (Team Deputy Leader), Bobby Shen, Xiaoyu He, Ravi Jagadeesan, David Yang, Thomas Swayze and Mitchell Lee. Courtesy official IMO 2012 Facebook page by Tomás Larrinaga & Luzila Bucari, Fundacion Olimiapiada Matematica Argentina (FOMA).
Song at IMO 2012 representing team Canada. Courtesy official IMO 2012 Facebook page by Tomás Larrinaga & Luzila Bucari, Fundacion Olimiapiada Matematica Argentina (FOMA).
July 18, 2012
Three Exonians, two representing the USA and one Canada, won individual gold medals at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). The 6-person USA team, which included Ravi Jagadeesan and David Yang, finished in 3rd place at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) with a score of 194, missing 2nd place to the People's Republic of China by 1 point. The 6-person Canada team, which included Zhuo Qun (Alex) Song, finished in 5th place with a score of 159. The Republic of Korea was 1st with a score of 209.
Song ranked 4th among the 550 contestants with an individual score of 38 (out of a total possible score of 42). This is the 3rd IMO medal for Song, who received a gold medal in 2011 and a bronze in 2010, each time representing Canada.
David Yang ranked 9th with a score of 36. This is a repeat gold for Yang, who participated in last year's IMO on the USA team. Ravi Jagadeesan ranked 33rd with a score of 28. The USA team was led by Zuming Feng, Exeter math instructor.
In total, the USA team won 5 individual gold medals and 1 silver. Team Canada received 3 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals.
100 countries participated in the IMO, held in Mar del Plata, Argentina.
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— Nicole Pellaton
