Prof. Sava Grozdev in international jury of the prestigious Olympiad in Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
With five gold, four silver and one bronze medals came back the Bulgarian participants of XII Jautikovsk Olympiad in physics, mathematics and informatics. Host of the unprecedented race was Almaty, Kazakhstan. This year over 400 students and the best specialized schools in 17 countries competed forces.
Bulgarian representative in the international jury of the Olympiad was prof. Sava Grozdev, vice-rector for research and careers in VUZF. Prof. Grozdev commented that this is the biggest success achieved so far by the Bulgarian students at Jautikovsk Olympics. "We owe it to them and their teachers. The competition in Almaty has traditionally been very strong and this year is no exception.", said the Vice Rector of VUZF.
In the team competition Sofia Mathematics High School won the first place. The director of SMG Antoni Stoyanov stated that no one has guaranteed place in the team. In "Physics" with gold and silver returned Svetlin Totev and Nicola Pulev. "The race was very difficult. We are not preparing specially – we work hard for years and gather our knowledge for international competitions, "said Svetlin. He received an offer from Cambridge, where he is going to study astrophysics. "There were very strong Russian teams but we managed to beat them," said Nikola. He also has been admitted to Cambridge. In the section "Mathematics" the gold medals were won by Alexander Cherganski, Denitsa Markova and Violeta Naydenova. Alexander has been admitted to study computer science at Oxford. Daniel Atanasov was awarded a silver medal. In the "Informatics" Hristo Venev won first place and a gold medal. Silver was won by Ivo Dilov. "As strange as it sounds, I plan to study at Sofia University," said Ivo. The competitors are prepared by teachers from SMG Linka Mintcheva, Ivan Simeonov, Stoycho Stoev, Ilian Iliev and Boyko Banchev. With silver and bronze medal returned also the Informatics of Shumen Anton Chernev and Ivan Ganev, led by Bisserka Freedman.