10/04/2018

Brazil competes in the Girls' Olympics in Florence.

The Brazilian Mathematics team embarked on Sunday (8) for Italy, where they will participate in the 7th European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad (EGMO). The team formed by Ana Beatriz Cavalcante Pires de Castro Studart, from Fortaleza (CE); Mariana Quirino de Oliveira, from Brasília (DF); Débora Tami Yamato, from São Paulo (SP); and Mariana Bigolin Groff, from Frederico Westphalen (RS), is already in Florence (Italy). The competition started this Monday (9) and will run until Sunday (15).

The Brazilian girls' team will be led by Deborah Barbosa Alves, from São Paulo (SP), and vice-led by Luíze Mello D'Urso Vianna, from Rio de Janeiro (RJ). The participation of the women's team was made possible thanks to the support of the Brazilian Mathematical Society (SBM) and the Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA).

Brazil's rise to the elite of world mathematics and its strong performance in other international mathematics competitions led to the country being invited to participate with a women's team in the EGMO last year.

In 2017, the Brazilian competitors started their participation in the tournament on the right foot, winning two bronze medals and an honorable mention. The team also achieved the second-best ranking in Latin America and 26th place overall in the EGMO.