The International Mathematical Olympiad is an annual mathematical competition for pre-university students, and is the oldest of the International Science Olympiads. It is widely regarded as the most p
Some of gold medal contestants during the IMO 2015 closing ceremony, Chiang Mai Thailand
Zhuo Qun Song at the 2015 IMO
Terence Tao
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Terence Chi-Shen Tao is an Australian and American mathematician who was awarded the Fields Medal in 2006 for his contributions to partial differential equations, combinatorics, harmonic analysis, and
International Mathematical Olympiad
…elected President of Romania in 2025) and Ciprian Manolescu have performed exceptionally well in the IMO, winning multiple gold medals. Others, such as Terence Tao, Artur Avila, Grigori Perelman, Ngô Bảo Châu, Peter Scholze and Maryam Mirzakhani have gone on to become notable mathematicians. Several former…
Tao in 2026
Tao at ICM 2006
Tao at the age of 10 with mathematician Paul Erdős in 1985
Tao (second from left) with UCLA undergraduate students in 2021