MEDIA RELEASE
Embargoed until 27th May 2009
SYDNEY’S BEST AND BRIGHTEST STUDENTS
TO COMPETE OVERSEAS FOR OLYMPIC GLORY
Six of the ten students who will represent Australia at the 2009 International Mathematics Olympiad
(IMO) and the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) are from Sydney. The team members
will be announced at a special ceremony in Parliament House, Canberra, on Wednesday 27 May
when Senator the Hon Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, presents
blazers to them and the other Science Olympiad team members.
Part of the annual UNESCO sanctioned International Science Olympiads, the IMO will take place
in Bremen (Germany),10-22 July and the IOI will be held in Plovdiv (Bulgaria), 8-15 August 2009.
Prior to the competition the IMO team will train for a week at Trinity College, Cambridge with the
British Team. Their final training exam will be the official annual competition for the Mathematics
Ashes, currently held by Australia.
Professor Peter Taylor, Executive Director of the Australian Mathematics Trust, which administers
Australia’s involvement in these two Olympiad programs, said, "It is difficult to overestimate the role
of the Olympiads to the “mind-building” process of talented students and its value in refining material
for inclusion in the general curriculum. The level of workforce education determines a country’s
economic success and these high achievers contribute to future infrastructure by raising the bar”.
The Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research provides some funding and the
program is supported by the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers and the Australian
Mathematical Society.
Sydney team members are:
Informatics
Plovdiv (Bulgaria)
8-15 August 2009
Daniel Berger
Moriah College
Evgeny Martynov
James Ruse Agricultural High School
David Tian
James Ruse Agricultural High School
Kenneth Wong
James Ruse Agricultural High School
Mathematics
Bremen (Germany)
10-22 July, 2009
Stacey Law
James Ruse Agricultural High School
Sampson Wong
James Ruse Agricultural High School
For more information, photographs and interviews please contact:
Professor Peter Taylor, Australian Mathematics Trust, pjt@olympiad.org, 02 6201 2440; 0412 258 699
Dr Angelo Di Pasquale, (IMO Team Leader) (03) 8344 4306 ; 04 02 383 248
Bernard Blackham (IOI Team Leader) 0402 291 684
Suzanne Fraser, Australian Mathematics Trust, suzanne.fraser@amt.edu.au 02 6201 2954; 0437 670 610
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