27/07/2020

Check out the team that will represent Brazil at the IMO 2020.

The Brazilian team that will participate in the 61st International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) was announced this Monday (27). Bernardo Peruzzo Trevizan, from São Paulo (SP); Guilherme Zeus Dantas e Moura, from Maricá (RJ); Pablo Andrade Carvalho Barros, from Teresina (PI); Francisco Moreira Machado Neto, Gabriel Ribeiro Paiva and Pedro Gomes Cabral, from Fortaleza (CE), make up the team that will represent the country in the world's largest scientific competition for high school students.

The selected young people are medalists from the 41st Brazilian Mathematical Olympiad (OBM) and have accumulated experience in national and international competitions. To participate in the International Mathematical Olympiad, the group went through three selection tests, in addition to intense training. The team will be led by professors Carlos Gustavo T. de A. Moreira, known as Gugu, and Matheus Secco, both from Rio de Janeiro (RJ), in the competition that will include young people from more than 100 countries.

"The Brazilian team, in which we place great hopes, was chosen through a very competitive selection process. We hope they enjoy the competition, even in this exceptional situation, and win many medals," Gugu emphasizes.

Originally scheduled to take place in July in St. Petersburg, Russia, the IMO had to be adapted to an online format due to the coronavirus pandemic. The competition will take place between September 19 and 28, with the tests being held on the 21st and 22nd, in testing centers in each country previously approved by the IMO advisory board.

The organization will also form groups of international inspectors, whose mission will be to monitor the application of the tests and ensure that the conditions and procedures adopted maintain the same standard as an in-person edition. At the end of the competition, the medals and certificates will be sent to the leaders of the participating countries by mail.

Held since 1959, the IMO is for high school students aged 14 to 19 who have not yet entered university. Each team consists of up to six students. Brazil is the Latin American country with the most medals in the competition, totaling 136 so far. Last year , the Brazilian team won six medals, two silver and four bronze.