Participants

History and Teams

The International Chemistry and Physics Olympiads (IChO and IPhO) have risen from very humble beginnings in 1967, when only three nations from Eastern Europe participated. The Olympiads have been held every year since and they now attract close to 80 countries from all continents. The goal of these competitions was, and continues to be, the encouragement of excellence in science education throughout the world; these competitions are the most prestigious of their kind for students at the high school or CÉGEP level.

All participating countries, Canada included, devote an enormous amount of time, energy, and money encouraging and preparing their most talented students so that they will do well in these competitions. The caliber of the competition is high and encompasses both theoretical knowledge and laboratory expertise.

The IChO and IPhO competitions are held in different countries, except in 1997 when Canada was honoured to host the 29th IChO (in Montréal and Lennoxville, Québec) and the 28th IPhO (in Sudbury, Ontario). Our national teams (IChO 1997 and IPhO 1997) performed well at these competitions.

Canada first participated in the International Chemistry Olympiad in 1986 and in the International Physics Olympiad in 1985. Since 1986, our Chemistry students have won 4 Gold, 13 Silver, and 29 Bronze Medals, along with 2 Honourable Mentions. Between 1985 and 2003, our Physics competitors have won 2 Gold, 8 Silver, and 25 Bronze Medals, in addition to 21 Honourable Mentions. Detailed medal counts appear below.

Canadian Teams at International Chemistry and Physics Olympiads
(International Chemistry Olympiads and International Physics Olympiads)

Province Abbreviations:
AB (Alberta), BC (British Columbia), MB (Manitoba), NB (New Brunswick), NF(Newfoundland), NS (Nova Scotia), ON (Ontario), PEI (Prince Edward Island), QC (Québec), and SK (Saskatchewan).

CHEMISTRY

35^th IChO (2003) Athens, Greece

Matthew Arnold Western Canada High School AB Silver

Arjun Bharioke Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute ON Silver

Jordan Winick Northern Secondary School ON Bronze

Eric Zimanyi Marianopolis College QC Gold

34^th IChO (2002) Groningen, Netherlands

Liang Hong University of Toronto Schools ON Silver

Patrick Kim Vaughan Secondary School ON Silver

Dustin Tseng Yale Secondary School BC Silver

Charles Yeung Alpha Secondary School BC Bronze

33^rd IChO (2001) Mumbai, India

Arya Ghadimi Lisgar Collegiate Institute ON Bronze

Bryony Lau Western Canada High School AB Bronze

Gerald Li Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School BC Bronze

Eric Zhu Woburn Collegiate Institute ON Bronze

32^nd IChO (2000) Copenhagen, Denmark

Jonathan Ailon Western Canada High School AB

Jeremy Baskin Marianopolis College QC Silver

David Martin Western Canada High School AB Bronze

Jonathan Pellicelli Collège François-Xavier-Garneau QC Bronze

31^st IChO (1999) Bangkok, Thailand

Husam Abdel-Qadir Vaughan Secondary School ON Bronze

Colin Hamlin Grant Park High School MB Bronze

Yannick Nadeau Le Petit Séminaire de Québec QC Bronze

Steve Roberts Champlain Regional College QC Bronze

30^th IChO (1998) Melbourne, Australia

Jean Bouffard Cégep de Lévis-Lauzon QC Silver

Ashish Khisti University of Toronto Schools ON Honourable Mention

Euwrabena Simpson Marianopolis College QC

Nadim Srour Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf QC Bronze

29^th IChO (1997) Montréal, Canada

Simon Blais Collège Mérici QC Gold

Audrey Lovett John Abbott College QC Silver

Scott Crawford Western Canada High School AB Bronze

Isabelle Deshaies Collège François-Xavier-Garneau QC Honourable Mention

28^th IChO (1996) Moscow, Russia

Simon Blais Collège Mérici QC Bronze

François Blanchette Collège Bois-de-Boulogne QC Bronze

Doris Chan A.Y. Jackson Secondary School ON Bronze

Brian Yeh Western Canada High School AB

27^th IChO (1995) Beijing, China

Chun F. Man John Oliver Secondary School BC Bronze

C. Mason Winston Churchill Secondary School AB Bronze

Fong Hsu University of Toronto Schools ON

B. MacDonald Yale Secondary School BC

26^th IChO (1994) Oslo, Norway

François Labelle Collège de Rosemont QC Silver

Peter Hwang Winston Churchill Secondary School AB Bronze

Stephanie Beck Western Canada High School AB

Marc de Vleeschauwer Collège Bois-de-Boulogne QC

25^th IChO (1993) Perugia, Italy

M. Hawkes Lindsay Thurber School AB Gold

Cyrus Master Western Canada High School AB Silver

A. Pattantyus John Abbott College QC Silver

A. Govindarajan Woburn Collegiate Institute ON

24^th IChO (1992) Pittsburgh, U.S.A.

James Baughan Western Canada High School AB

Roman Elinson University of Toronto Schools ON

Dileepan Joseph Grant Park High School MB

Sean Margison Yale Secondary School BC

23^rd IChO (1991) Lodz, Poland

Erik Rubin John Abbott College QC Silver

Jennifer Bryce Western Canada High School AB Bronze

David Thiel South Huron Secondary School ON Bronze

M. Faizer Marianopolis College QC

22^nd IChO (1990) Paris, France

Julie Filion Champlain Regional College QC Bronze

David Thiel South Huron Secondary School ON Bronze

Howard Fischer Marianopolis College QC

Margaret Shih Steveston Secondary School BC

21^st IChO (1989) Halle, East Germany

M. Fitzsimons John Abbott College QC Silver

C. Chan Toronto French School ON Bronze

Stephen Cheng St. Patrick's Secondary School ON

Daniel Deschênes Cégep de Baie-Comeau QC

20^th IChO (1988) Helsinki, Finland

Chris Gunn Steveston Secondary School BC Bronze

Julia Kubanek John Abbott College QC Bronze

Vince Wong St. Robert Secondary School ON Bronze

Steven Postma De La Salle College ON

19^th IChO (1987) Veszprem, Hungary

Sean Finucane Toronto French School ON

Mila Oh St. John's Ravenscourt Secondary School MB

Jasdip Sachdeva Toronto French School ON

18^th IChO (1986) Leiden, The Netherlands

Colin Plumb University of Toronto Schools ON Gold

A. Huboux Toronto French School ON Bronze

M. Gharghouri Toronto French School ON

Emilie Hooft Toronto French School ON

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PHYSICS

34^th IPhO (2003) Taipei, Taiwan

Robert Barrington Leigh Old Scona Academic High School AB Silver

François Girardin Champlain Regional College QC Bronze

Jonathan Laflamme Janssen Collège de Saint-Jérôme QC Bronze

Amirali Modir Shanechi Don Mills Collegiate Institute ON Silver

Nan Yang Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute ON Honourable Mention

33^rd IPhO (2002) Bali, Indonesia

Garry Goldstein W. L. Mackenzie Collegiate Institute ON Honourable Mention

Jonathan Ruel Collège François-Xavier-Garneau QC Bronze

Andrew Wang Earl Haig Secondary School ON Silver

Shannon Wang Magee Secondary School BC Honourable Mention

Henry Wong St. Francis Xavier Secondary School ON Gold

32^nd IPhO (2001) Antalya, Turkey

Frédéric Dupuis Western Canada High School AB Bronze

Ian Leroux Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf QC Bronze

Isaac Li Central Commerce ON

Jesse McKeown Champlain Regional College QC Bronze

Liviu Tancau Don Mills Collegiate Institute ON Silver

31^st IPhO (2000) Leicester, United Kingdom

Guillaume Chabot-Couture Collège François-Xavier-Garneau QC

Denis Dimitriev Centennial Secondary School BC Honourable Mention

Frédéric Dupuis Western Canada High School AB Honourable Mention

Bogdan Moldovan George S. Henry Academy ON

Mandheerej Nandra Martingrove Collegiate Institute ON

30^th IPhO (1999) Padova, Italy

Hojjat Bazzazi Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School AB Bronze

Sonny Chan Western Canada High School AB Bronze

Filip Crnogorac Western Canada High School AB Silver

Michael James Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School AB Honourable Mention

Eugene Osovetsky W.L. MacKenzie Collegiate Institute ON Bronze

29^th IPhO (1998) Reykjavik, Iceland

Daniel Brassard Collège Édouard-Montpetit QC

Philippe Cauchon-Voyer Collège Édouard-Montpetit QC Bronze

Sonny Chan Western Canada High School AB

Filip Crnogorac Western Canada High School AB

Tom Waterhouse St. John's Ravenscourt Secondary School MB Bronze

28^th IPhO (1997) Sudbury, Canada

Étienne Bernier Champlain Regional College QC Bronze

J. Mottershead Strathcona Composite Second. School AB Honourable Mention

Pierre Thibault Cégep de Rivière-du-Loup QC Honourable Mention

Joel Kamnitzer Earl Haig Secondary School ON Silver

Joseph Wong Templeton Secondary School BC Honourable Mention

27^th IPhO (1996) Oslo, Norway

Harvey Auerback Vanier College QC Bronze

Jonathan Backer Central Peace Secondary School AB

Alexandru Ghitza Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf QC

Marco Gualtieri Philips Academy QC Bronze

Vincent Pelletier Collège Édouard-Montpetit QC Honourable Mention

26^th IPhO (1995) Canberra, Australia

A. Archibald Vanier College QC Silver

Jean-Marc Valin Collège Bois-de-Boulogne QC Silver

David Cooke Chilliwack Secondary School BC Honourable Mention

Andrew Lim Maple Ridge Secondary School BC Honourable Mention

C. Thomas Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute ON

25^th IPhO (1994) Beijing, China

Michael Forbes Strathcona Tweedsmuir AB Bronze

J. Karczmarek Vaughan Secondary School ON Bronze

Laurent Goulet Collège Mérici QC

Anton Pitts Dawson College QC

Étienne Rassart Collège Édouard-Montpetit QC

24^th IPhO (1993) Williamsburgh, U.S.A.

Jurgen Hissen Stelly's Secondary School BC Bronze

Robert Kry Western Canada High School AB Bronze

Xiao D. Yang Harbord Collegiate Institute ON Bronze

Paul Tupper Point Grey Secondary School BC Honourable Mention

Ari Benbasat St. George's School BC

23^rd IPhO (1992) Helsinki, Finland

Patrick Premont Cégep de Valleyfield QC Bronze

Paul Tupper Point Grey Secondary School BC Bronze

Adrian Dunn Lakefield College ON Honourable Mention

Mark Hamilton Coquitlam Secondary School BC

Wei Yu Glebe Collegiate Institute ON

22^nd IPhO (1991) Havana, Cuba

M. Montour St. Michael's School BC Gold

Eric Lai Toronto French School ON

Ludovic Nicolle Cégep de Sainte-Foy QC

John Simms Kamloops Secondary School BC

Weigang Zeng Oakwood Collegiate Institute ON

21^st IPhO (1990) Groningen, The Netherlands

James Freitag Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf QC

Michael Graesser Woburn Collegiate Institute ON

Dean Haslip M.M. Robinson Secondary School ON

M. Montour St. Michael's School BC

Mathew Rektor Mt. Boucherie Secondary School BC

20^th IPhO (1989) Warsaw, Poland

N. Arkani-Hamed Lorne Park Secondary School ON Bronze

Chris Simons Marianopolis College QC Bronze

Eric Nodwell Winston Churchill Secondary School BC Honourable Mention

Bradley Heinrichs Semiahmoo Secondary School BC

Jon-Paul Voroney Confederation Secondary School ON

19^th IPhO (1988) Bad Ischl, Austria

Trevor Blackwell Gloucester Secondary School ON Bronze

David Hogg University of Toronto Schools ON Honourable Mention

John Cheung Riverview Secondary School NB

Darrell Harrington Aden Bowman Collegiate Institute SK

Willy Wong Winston Churchill Secondary School BC

18^th IPhO (1987) Jena, East Germany

Karl Bergrenn St. George's School BC Bronze

Tim Creasy Halifax West High School NS Honourable Mention

Greg Wellman Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School BC Honourable Mention

Glenn Chong Laura Secord Secondary School ON

Richard Kiss Vernon Secondary School BC

17^th IPhO (1986) London, United Kingdom

Sonu Gaind Toronto French School ON Honourable Mention

Daniel Phalp Toronto French School ON Honourable Mention

Chris Bauman Miles Macdonell Collegiate Institute MB

D. Kucerovski Frederick Banting Secondary School ON

Hy Tran Winston Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School BC

16^th IPhO (1985) Portoroz, Yugoslavia

Nicholas Bateman Toronto French School ON Honourable Mention

Vincent Cheung Toronto French School ON

Sonu Gaind Toronto French School ON

Mark Noworolski Toronto French School ON

Daniel Phalp Toronto French School ON

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