Armenian high school students won two silver and one bronze medal at the 18th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA), held from August 11 to 21 in Mumbai, India.
The team included five students from the A. Shahinyan Specialized Physics and Mathematics School: 12th graders Narek Galstyan, Emil Musheghyan, Gor Hasratyan, Vahe Mkrtchyan, and 11th grader Natali Margaryan. They were led by Hrant Topchyan of the Yerevan Physics Institute and Artashes Mkrtchyan of the A. Shahinyan School.
The Armenian team was led by Hrant Topchyan of the Yerevan Physics Institute and Artashes Mkrtchyan of the A. Shahinyan Specialized PhysMath School in Yerevan.
Emil Musheghyan and Gor Hasratyan earned silver medals, while Narek Galstyan took bronze. Vahe Mkrtchyan and Natali Margaryan received honorable mentions.
The competition, which included four rounds — theoretical, observational, data analysis, and a planetarium test — brought together 288 students from 60 countries.
At last year’s 17th IOAA in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Armenia won three bronze medals.
