Saudi Arabia’s students won four medals in EGMO Georgia

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JEDDAH, 16 April, 2021 (TON): Saudi Arabia ranked 16th of 55 countries in the European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad (EGMO) that ended on Thursday.

The Kingdom rose10 places from last year and won four medals.

Each country involved in the competition is represented by a team of four female mathematicians of school age.

This year’s EGMO was hosted by Georgia, but held remotely due to the pandemic.
Saudi Arabia was represented by four students who have all been members of programs run by the King Abdul Aziz and His Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity (Mawhiba) and have received thousands of training hours and attended several training camps.

However, in the past, Saudi teams have won 20 medals at the EGMO. This year, Rafaa Qanash from Jeddah won a silver medal, while Lara Munqal from Jeddah, Joud Bahwini from Yanbu, and Fatima Al-Ghanam from Al-Ahsa all won bronze medals.

 

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