03/02/2020

OBM and TM² medalists participate in awards ceremony.

A relaxed atmosphere among the students marked the awards ceremony of the 41st Brazilian Mathematics Olympiad (OBM) and the 1st Girls in Mathematics Tournament (TM²), this Friday (31), in Natal (RN). In total, 113 OBM medalists and 20 TM² medalists received gold, silver and bronze medals during the ceremony, held at the Aram Imirá Plaza Hotel & Convention.

The event concluded the program of the 23rd Olympic Week, which began on Monday (27). During these days, the medalists participated in intensive training, developed by a team of 31 teachers specializing in Olympic mathematics from all over the country, with classes, study sessions, lectures, simulations and tests.

“The dedication of the IMPA support team and the academic coordinators ensured the success of the Olympic week. It marks the beginning of the selection of the teams that will represent the country in international competitions,” points out the deputy director of IMPA, Claudio Landim, who was present at the meeting .

Student Gabriel Bastos Vasconcelos, from Recife (PE), was thrilled during the awards ceremony. “I was proud to participate,” he says. A gold medalist in the 2018 and 2019 Brazilian Mathematical Olympiad (OBM), the 13-year-old participated in the Olympic Week for the first time. “It was an incredible week, very rich in interaction and mathematical knowledge. I will study even more this year so I don't miss the next one,” says the medalist, who was happy to meet teachers Carlos Gustavo Moreira, known as Gugu; and Luciano Castro.

TM² gold medalist Fabricia Cardoso Marques, from Fortaleza (CE), participated in the event for the second time. “I had the opportunity to take classes with incredible teachers and to meet many people who have something in common with me, which is mathematics,” reveals the 14-year-old.

Organized by the Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA) and the Brazilian Mathematical Society (SBM), the 23rd Olympic Week had the support of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) and the National Institute of Science and Technology of Mathematics (INCTMat), and sponsorship from the financial services fintech, Stone.