KFUPM mathematics olympiad

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KFUPM mathematics olympiad is a national mathematics olympiad for secondary school students in Saudi Arabia organized by King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM). The competition started in 2006 in one center in Eastern Province then gradually the number of centers increased in the following years to include seven centers over the kingdom (Dhahran, Riyadh, Jeddah, Al-Qasim, Abha, Madina, Al-Hasa).

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In its fifth and sixth edition, the competition managed to involve first and second secondary school students in addition to the third secondary grade students and introduced a center for female students in the Eastern Province. In 2015, it launched two new female centers in Riyadh and Jeddah. [1]

Eligibility

According to the official website of the competition, the applicant has to: [2]

  1. be a Saudi student or a non-Saudi student who is studying in a school in Saudi Arabia.
  2. be a secondary school student (in the 10th, 11th or 12th grade).
  3. have got at least 95% or (A, A+, A*) in mathematics in the previous academic year (or previous semester).

Winners

Many of the Saudi winners of KFUPM Olympiad were selected later on to represent Saudi Arabia in the International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO). [3] This table lists the winners in ten editions of the competition. KFUPM often offers the winners admission after secondary school graduation.

YearFirst (Gold)Second (Silver)Third (Bronze)
2006 [4]
2007Satoshi KitauraN/AAhmed Mohamed Sonbol [5]
2008Wael AlghamdiThafer AldosariAhmed Samir Zamzam [6]
2009N/AAhmed-Reda MaatyAhmed Elsayed Salah [7]
2010Wael AlsaeedAbdulmajeed AlqasemSultan Faez Albalwi [8]
2011N/AHyder Alkhalifah
Alyazeed Basuni		Wael Alsaeed
Abdulrahman Alharbi		 [9]
2012
2013Mahdi Alshaikh Saleh [10]
2014Ibraheem KhanMahdi Alshaikh Saleh
Salman Saleh		N/A [10] [11] [12]
2015Rinad Yahya Abu JamalAlzubair HabibullahOmar Alrabiah [13]
N/A: No one got the minimum grade required to get this medal [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Home - University News Details". www.kfupm.edu.sa. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
  2. ↑ "KFUPM Mathematics Olympiad Registration". www.kfupm.edu.sa. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
  3. ↑ "International Mathematical Olympiad". imo-official.org. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
  4. ↑ اليوم, صحيفة. "ترتيب المرشحين بالحروف الأبجدية لرفع روح المنافسة". www.alyaum.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  5. ↑ اليوم, صحيفة. ""ياباني" يحصد الجائزة الكبرى لأولمبياد الرياضيات في جامعة الفهد". www.alyaum.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  6. ↑ اليوم, صحيفة. "طالب ثانوي يتفوق على متسابقي 14 دولة في أولمبياد الرياضيات بجامعة الفهد". www.alyaum.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2017-11-08.
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  8. ↑ "وائل حسين آل سعيد يحوز على ذهبية اولمبياد الرياضيات - واحة القطيف". www.qatifoasis.com. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  9. ↑ الدمام, «عكاظ» ــ (2011-05-18). "جامعة الملك فهد تكرم الفائزين في أولمبياد الرياضيات". Okaz (in Arabic). Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  10. 1 2 "بالصور… "الغدير" يُكرم "مهدي" موهوب "الأحساء" الثالث عالمياً و الأول خليجياً | صحيفة الأحساء نيوز". www.hasanews.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2017-11-08.
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  13. ↑ "أسماء الفائزات والفائزين في أولمبياد الرياضيات العاشر لعام 1436هـ - 2015م". www.kfupm.edu.sa (in Arabic). Retrieved 2017-11-08.
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