USA wins first International Mathematical Olympiad in 21 years

A six-person team of young adult Americans bested teams from China, South Korea, and more to win the 2015 International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) held in Thailand this month. Led by head coach Po-Shen Loh (Carnegie Mellon) and assistant coaches John Berman (Virginia) and Alex Zhai (Stanford), top-ranked math students from high schools around the country went head-to-head with competitors from more than 100 countries at the International Mathematical Olympiad in Chiang Mai, Thailand. And, for the first time in more than two decades, they won.

You’ll find more information about this year’s Olympiad here.

You’ll find more information about the International Mathematical Olympiad here.

Here is a sample of International Mathematical Olympiad Hall of Famers with Stanford affiliations:

Saran Ahuja Graduate Student
Riddhipratim Basu Szegö Assistant Professor (2015–2018)
Iurie Boreico Graduate Student
Zarathustra Brady Graduate Student
Alexei Entin Szegö Assistant Professor (2015-2018)
Ralph Furmaniak Graduate Student
Jafar Jafarov Graduate Student
Inbar Klang Graduate Student
Brian Lawrence Graduate Student
Davi Máximo Alexandrino Nogueira Szegö Assistant Professor (2013–2016)
Peter McNamara Szegö Assistant Professor (2010–2013)
Maryam Mirzakhani Faculty
Jens Reinhold Graduate Student
Lisa Sauermann Graduate Student
Michail Savvas Graduate Student
Beniada Shabani Graduate Student
Ho Chung Siu Graduate Student
Kannan Soundararajan Faculty
Gergely Szűcs Graduate Student
Arnav Tripathy Graduate Student
Ravi Vakil Faculty
Akshay Venkatesh Faculty
Graham White Graduate Student
Melanie Wood Szegö Assistant Professor (2009–2012)
Zhiwei Yun Faculty
Alexandr Zamorzaev-Orleanschii Graduate Student
Alex (Lin) Zhai (IMO Assistant Coach, 2015) Graduate Student
Sicong (Scott) Zhang Graduate Student