Hungarian student wins Gold at science Olypmics in Taipei
Published on
December 12, 2007
Hungarian student Áron Szigetvári won a Gold medal at the International Junior Science Olympics held in Taipei on December 2-11. It was the first time that a Hungarian secondary school student fetched a gold at the junior Olympics organised for U16 contestants.
Szigetvari, a student of the Budapest Fazekas Mihaly secondary school, was member of the six-member Hungarian student team.
At the Games participants had to fill in a 25-question test in biology, chemistry and physics and then give account of their indepth knowledge of the subjects in additional rounds.
The Junior Science Olympics was established by Indonesia in 2004.