The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) is a mathematical olympiad for pre-university students, and is the oldest of the International Science Olympiads. It is widely regarded as the most prestigious mathematical competition in the world. The first IMO was held in Romania in 1959. It has since been held annually, except in 1980. More than 100 countries participate. Each country sends a team of up to six students, plus one team leader, one deputy leader, and observers.
The International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) is an annual physics competition for high school students. It is one of the International Science Olympiads. The first IPhO was held in Warsaw, Poland in 1967.
The International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) is an annual academic competition for high school students. It is one of the International Science Olympiads. The first IChO was held in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1968. The event has been held every year since then, with the exception of 1971. The delegations that attended the first events were mostly countries of the former Eastern bloc and it was not until 1980, the 12th annual International Chemistry Olympiad, that the event was held outside of the bloc in Austria. Up to 4 students for each national team compete around July in both a theoretical and an experimental sections, with about half of the participants being awarded medals.
The Primary Mathematics World Contest is an annual math competition for primary school students in Hong Kong. It was first held in 1997 and is sponsored by Po Leung Kuk. The competition has attracted teams from around the world.
Chien Yu-hsiu is a former badminton player from the Republic of China. Chien graduated from the National Taiwan Sport University and now works as junior coach in Hsinchu. He was the silver medalist at the 1996 World Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event partnered with Huang Shih-chung, and the champion at the 1998 Asian Junior Championships in the boys' singles event. Chien won the senior international tournament at the 2003 U.S. Open. He competed at the 1998 Asian Games, and 2004 Summer Olympics.
The Bangladesh Mathematical Olympiad is an annual mathematical competition arranged for school and college students to nourish their interest and capabilities for mathematics. It has been regularly organized by the Bangladesh Math Olympiad Committee since 2001. Bangladesh Math Olympiad activities started in 2003 formally.
Jack Hui is an alumnus from Queen's College in Hong Kong. He is considered a prominent student because of the outstanding performance in International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) and various national and regional mathematics competitions. Though accused of sexually assaulting an airline hostess, he was later found not guilty, and was admitted to the Faculty of Mathematics of Peking University.
Lin Chia-en is a Taiwanese archer who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics, and again at the 2020 Summer Olympics. At the Tokyo Olympics, Lin and teammate Tang Chih-chun tied for ninth place in the new mixed team event; she was the only female archer from Chinese Taipei to advance to the individual top 16.
The National Standard Examination in Junior Science or NSEJS is an examination in Science for secondary school students, usually conducted in the end of November. Organized by the Indian Association of Physics Teachers in association with Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE), NSEJS is considered to be the toughest Science exam on higher secondary level globally. The NSEJS is carried out every year since 1987 in English, Hindi & a few other Indian languages. More than 80,000 students from over 1,500 centres take part in these olympiads.
Michael Andrew Tse is a Hong Kong rower. He competed in the men's single sculls event at the 1996 Summer Olympics. In both the 1995 and 1996 Asian Canoeing Championships, he received a silver medal. Tse became a fitness coach at the Hong Kong Sports Institute in 1991 and had become its head coach by 1999. He was the deputy director of the Institute of Human Performance at the University of Hong Kong in 2008.
Lu Shao-chuan is a Taiwanese sports shooter. He competed in the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, and grabbed the bronze medal in the mixed teams' 10m air rifle event partnered with Viktoriya Sukhorukova of Ukraine. He also competed at the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games. Teamed-up with Lin Ying-shin, they claimed the first gold medal for the Chinese Taipei contingent at the 2018 Games in the mixed 10 metre air rifle team event. He also won the bronze medal in the men's 10 m air rifle event. Lu placed fifth in the 2019 Asian Shooting Championships, and qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, becoming the first Taiwanese sports shooter to qualify for the Olympic 10-meter air rifle competition.
Huang Shih-chung is a former badminton player from the Republic of China. He was the silver medalist at the 1996 World Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event partnered with Chien Yu-hsun. In the senior international tournament, he firstly took the podium as a men's doubles runner-up at the 1997 Spanish International. At the IBF Grand Prix tournament, he was the semifinalists at the 2002 U.S. Open and 2004 Thailand Open. He also participated at the World Championships in 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005 and in 2006. Huang occupied the men's doubles title at the 2006 Victorian International alongside Chien Yu-hsun. Educated at the National Taiwan Sport University, he won the men's doubles gold at the 1998, 2000, and 2006 World University Championships, also the mixed and men's doubles silver in 1998 and 2002 respectively. He was part of the national men's team that clinched the bronze medal at the 1997 East Asian Games and Asia Cup.
The Junior Science Olympiad of Canada or JSOC is an examination in science for secondary school students, with one test usually conducted in June and a second test in October. Organized by Jennifer Pitt-Lainsbury, Marisca Vanderkamp, Maria Niño-Soto, and Andrew Moffat in association with the University of Toronto Schools (UTS), JSOC encompasses material of the grade 12 curriculum for the three sciences.
Wu Tsai-fu was a Taiwanese weightlifter. He competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics where he placed 14th. He competed in the fourth, fifth, and sixth weight classes in Taiwanese weightlifting contests. Wu received a silver medal in the clean and jerk event and a bronze medal in the total weight lifted at the 1997 Asian Weightlifting Championships. By 1997, Wu had set almost 20 national records.
Chang Wei-chia is a Taiwanese freestyle swimmer. She competed in three events at the 1996 Summer Olympics. In the 200m freestyle, she placed 32nd.
Su Li-yang is a Taiwanese badminton player.
Chen Chi-ting is a Taiwanese badminton player. Chen who educated in Kaohsiung middle school, was the winner of Asian Junior U–17 Championships in 2015, and later won the bronze medal in the U–19 Championships in 2017. He captured the boys' singles title at the 2017 Dutch Junior Grand Prix tournament.
Ting Tzu-Han or Anna Tzu-Han Ting is a Taiwanese figure skater. She is the 2022 Nordic silver medalist, the 2023 Asian Open Trophy silver medalist, the 2022 Asian Open Trophy bronze medalist, and a three-time Taiwanese national champion (2022–24).
He Jianxin is a professional wushu taolu athlete from Hong Kong.
The T1 League was a professional basketball league in Taiwan. It was the third Taiwanese professional basketball league after the now-defunct Chinese Basketball Alliance and P. League+.
