20/08/2018

Brazil's team for the Ibero-American Championship has been selected.

Brazil has already been selected to compete in the 33rd Ibero-American Mathematical Olympiad (OIM), which will take place between September 21st and 29th. For the first time in history, the competition will be held jointly in two countries: Spain and Portugal.

The standout member of the Brazilian team is Pedro Lucas Lanaro Sponchiado, from São Paulo (SP), who won the gold medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) held in July. His teammates will also be bronze medalists at the IMO: Bernardo Peruzzo Trevizan, from São Paulo (SP), Bruno Brasil Meinhart and Pedro Gomes Cabral, both from Fortaleza (CE). The team will be led by professors Eduardo Wagner and Carlos Gustavo Tamm de Araujo Moreira, known as Gugu, both from Rio de Janeiro (RJ).

All representatives of Team Brazil were awarded prizes at the 39th Brazilian Mathematics Olympiad (OBM) in 2017. To join the team that will compete in the 2018 Ibero-American Olympiad, they participated in an intense selection process. The results of the final test can be found here.

History in the competition

Since 1985, when it began participating in the competition, Brazil has won a total of 120 medals — 62 gold, 47 silver, and 11 bronze.

In 2017, the Brazilian team won two gold and two silver medals, finishing in 2nd place in the overall country ranking.