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CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
OLYMPIADS
The 2003 National and
International Competitions
In 2003 the National Olympiad
Finals (NOF) were held at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston (ON),
from May 25 to June 1.
The 35th International Chemistry Olympiad (35th
IChO) was held in Athens (Greece) from July 5 to 14, 2003.
The 34th International Physics Olympiad (34th
IPhO) took place in Taipei (Taiwan) from August 2 to 11, 2003.
The Canadian participants in the 2003 NOF and the members of the selected
Chemistry and Physics teams, together with the results obtained at the
International Chemistry and Physics competitions, are listed below.
CHEMISTRY COMPETITIONS:
2003 Chemistry NOF and
35th IChO
- Matthew ARNOLD (Western Canada
Secondary School, Alberta)
- Daniel AUDET (Collège Montmorency,
Québec)
- Arjun BHARIOKE (Marc Garneau Collegiate
Institute, Ontario)
- Marie-Luce CHEN (Marianopolis
College, Québec)
- Hoi Yan (Karen) CHU (David Thompson
Secondary School, British Columbia)
- Hyung-gyun LEE (Vaughan Secondary
School, Ontario)
- Jason LEE (Vaughan Secondary
School, Ontario)
- Alexandre LEROUX (Collège de
Rosemont, Québec)
- Alexandre POIRIER (Collège
Nouvelles-Frontières, Québec)
- Louis-Charles RAINVILLE (Cégep de
Trois-Rivières, Québec)
- Michael RENNICK (Western Canada
Secondary School, Alberta)
- Jordan WINICK (Northern Secondary
School, Ontario)
- Tao YE (Marianopolis
College, Québec)
- Dongbo YU (Don Mills Collegiate
Institute, Ontario)
- Eric ZIMANYI (Marianopolis
College, Québec)
The following table lists the students selected
from the above NOF group as members of the 2003 Canadian Chemistry
Team to participate in the 35th
IChO in Athens (Greece), together with their results at the IChO:
| Student |
Award |
| Matthew ARNOLD |
Silver Medal |
| Arjun BHARIOKE |
Silver Medal |
| Jordan WINICK |
Bronze Medal |
| Eric ZIMANYI |
Gold Medal |
Final results for all 59 participating countries
are posted under CHEMISTRY on the 35th IChO
web site. The Canadian Team finished 13th as calculated from the total grade of each team.
Eric placed 17th out of 232 participants.
PHYSICS COMPETITIONS:
2003 NOF and 34th IPhO
- Robert BARRINGTON LEIGH (Old Scona Academic High School, Alberta)
- Nicolas COJOCARU-DURAND (Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, Québec)
- Denis DUREPOS (Champlain Regional College - St-Lambert, Québec)
- Ali FEIZMOHAMMADI (Northview Heights Secondary School, Ontario)
- François GIRARDIN (Champlain Regional College - Lennoxville, Québec)
- Stephen INGLIS (Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School, British Columbia)
- Jonathan LAFLAMME JANSSEN (Collège de St-Jérôme, Québec)
- Tyler LETKEMAN (John Taylor Collegiate Institute, Manitoba)
- Amirali MODIR SHANECHI (Don Mills Collegiate Institute, Ontario)
- Jan OWOC (St. Francis High School, Alberta)
- Sanjay PATEL (University of Toronto Schools, Ontario)
- Jasmine RÉMILLARD (Collège de Sherbrooke, Québec)
- Aaron SMITH (University of Toronto Schools, Ontario)
- Nan YANG (Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute, Ontario)
- Peter ZHANG (Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School, Alberta)
The following table lists the students selected
from the above NOF group as members of the 2003 Canadian Physics Team to participate in the 34th
IPhO in Taipei (Taiwan), together with their results at the IPhO:
| Student |
Award |
| Robert BARRINGTON LEIGH |
Silver Medal |
| François GIRARDIN |
Bronze Medal |
| Jonathan LAFLAMME JANSSEN |
Bronze Medal |
| Amirali MODIR SHANECHI |
Silver Medal |
| Nan YANG |
Honourable Mention |
Final results for the students from all 54 participating countries
are posted on the 34th IPhO
web site. The Canadian Physics Team finished 13th as calculated from the total grade
of each team.
Congratulations
to both teams!
FUTURE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIAD SITES:
The 36th
IChO will be held in Kiel (Germany) from July 18 to 27, 2004. The
35th IPhO will be held in Pohang (South Korea)
from July to 15 to 23, 2004. The Canadian teams to the 2004 International
Olympiads will be selected at the 2004 NOF, which will be held from
May 30 to June 6 at the University of Toronto. As with previous competitions, we have great expectations
from our talented young Canadian students this year.
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