44th International Chemistry Olympiad United States of America

July 30, 2012

Award Results

Celebrating International Excellence in Chemistry

no. 11

Congratulations to all of the medal winners and to everyone who

participated in this year’s Olympiad.

Florian Berger GermanyMin Woo Bae Korea Jhih-Cing Jhang Chinese TaipeiTzung-Hua Hsieh Chinese TaipeiIlya Ustinovich RussiaRan Li ChinaAlexander Oleynichenko RussiaDiptarka Hait IndiaShubham Chandak IndiaKirill Petriukov RussiaHao-Hsuan Hsieh Chinese TaipeiUlugbek Barotov TajikistanJiho Park KoreaRachel Lim SingaporeNikifar Lazouski BelarusChristopher Hillenbrand United StatesTas Yusoontorn ThailandSebastain Gogg AustriaKairat Ashim KazakhstanArash Firouzbakht IranTakuya Yamakado JapanAofei Liu SingaporeIhor Cherniukh UkraineGadam Myratgeldiyew TurkmenistanTomohiro Soejima JapanSigitas Mikutis LithuaniaManav Avlani IndiaHokyung Lee KoreaFrantišek Petrouš Czech RepublicRen Fu ChinaFurkan Cetin TurkeyPha.m Huy VietnamYoo Kyung Jeon KoreaVlad Bacauanu Romania

Andhika Pradana IndonesiaGergő Sályi HungaryTakehiro Kato JapanGerard Low SingaporeTzof Peled Israel

Toshiki Ishii GermanySamuel Putra IndonesiaYu-Hung Tung Chinese TaipeiIryna Zaporozhets UkraineDaan van de Weem NetherlandsGe Zhan ChinaYao Yuan ChinaGeorgijs Treņins LatviaTomislav Begusic CroatiaDmytro Shybanov UkraineZhi Yang Tan SingaporeMartin Reiterer AustriaMaria Andreea Filip RomaniaVladimir Dolzhnikov KazakhstanDenes Berta HungaryNathapon Chareonsiriwat ThailandKamil Adamczyk PolandPéter Bolgár HungaryNguyê~n Phu’o’ng VietnamMarton Zwillinger HungaryRun Ze Cao CanadaYauhen Aniskevich BelarusSzymon Wrzesien PolandDominik Štefanko SlovakiaSidharth Chand United StatesDaniel Hara BrazilRyota Shibuya JapanAntanas Radzevicius LithuaniaSelman Tekerlek TurkeyArtem Boychuk RussiaJames Deng United StatesAzim Amanzholov KazakhstanMariano Calcabrini ArgentinaFrederick Stein GermanyMáximo Peré Schröder ArgentinaArtem Tsymbal BelarusIvan Kurniawan IndonesiaLachlan Vom AustraliaJakub Safin SlovakiaLeandro Missoni ArgentinaRok Kaufman SloveniaJason Ge United StatesCallum Bungey United KingdomThomas Spence United KingdomZvonimir Jurelinac CroatiaPetar Karazapryanov BulgariaNguyê~n Hoàng VietnamXiaotian Li NorwayAndy Chen New ZealandKamil Maršálek Czech RepublicNimit Singh IndiaDewi Suryana IndonesiaAlexandru Paraschiv RomaniaOndřej Hák Czech Republic

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Marco Lee AustraliaLeslie Ying CanadaGrzegorz Rak PolandJānis Briška LatviaLilit Grigoryan ArmeniaErik Orvehed-Hiltunen SwedenPatrick Pfaff GermanyFrederik Soendergaard-Pedersen DenmarkGabriel Matheus Pinheiro BrazilRoman Kučera SlovakiaElla Mi United KingdomMatthew Lie New ZealandTaivo Pungas EstoniaVerónica Müller ArgentinaAndriy Stelmakh UkraineAliaksei Krautsou BelarusTrân Mai Hu’o’ng VietnamAldo Alan Avila MexicoGeorge Silvian Baltac RomaniaMindaugas Siauciulis LithuaniaThanh Phong Lê SwitzerlandSerafim Buiucli MoldovaMohammad Zarei IranAleksey Galoyan ArmeniaPerman Jorayew TurkmenistanThomas Schlatzer AustriaJaan Toots EstoniaRoman Beránek Czech RepublicOri Taichman IsraelNejc Čeplak SloveniaTzu Yi Isabelle Yang CanadaVytaute Maciulskyte LithuaniaPawel Blaszczyk PolandEva-Lotta Käsper EstoniaJiratheep Pruchyathamkorn ThailandBrian Gao AustraliaRamon Gonçalves da Silva BrazilMarco Catalano ItalyKevin Chen FranceAlexis Poncet FranceEtienne Bloch FranceJuraj Malinčík SlovakiaRobert Shin New ZealandEdi Topic CroatiaSeyedali Tavana IranAlice Balbi ItalyIvo Slegers NetherlandsMichael Leitsin Israel

Andrea Melani ItalyArash Keshavarzi Arshadi IranVasil Vasilev BulgariaEmil Damgaard-Møller DenmarkIvan Palazzo ItalyOscar Kivinen FinlandNiamh Broderick IrelandJulien Fontanarava FranceNestor Bracho Pozsoni VenezuelaTimothy Cashman AustraliaMarufdzhon Boltaboev TajikistanDavit Chitchyan ArmeniaYklym Bolmammedov TurkmenistanKhomidkhodzha Kholikov TajikistanFoo Jeat MalaysiaHristo Rasheev BulgariaSidsel Alsing DenmarkHenry Yuen New ZealandVitória Medeiros BrazilNadav Orion IsraelVahe Gharakhanyan ArmeniaLona-Liisa Sutt EstoniaBalagardash Bashirov AzerbaijanKalysbek Abykeshov KyrgyzstanZeynep Terzi TurkeyVeronika Saharuka LatviaWalter Kähm United KingdomVladislav Kamysbayev KazakhstanJorrit Hortensius NetherlandsNina Gämperli SwitzerlandArmughan Khan PakistanDieter Plessers BelgiumRoberto Ugaz-León PeruAndreas Erichsen DenmarkVidak Raičević SerbiaDavid Pechersky CanadaBruno Buljan CroatiaGanbadrakh Batnasan MongoliaSergio Tomás Martínez Spain

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Obverse

Reverse

The Washington Monument and the dome of the United States Capitol building are featured in the upper half

of the design. A molecular model of the antibiotic

penicillin occupies the lower portion. A wreath of laurel leaves, symbol of peace and outstand-

ing achievement, surrounds the metal.

The 44th International Chemistry Olympiad logo features a stylized Erlenmeyer flask that incorporates stripes that together with the single star represents the flag of the United States, known as the Stars and Stripes.

“Thank your parents and

teachers when you return home; you would not be

participating in this year’s Olympiad

without their encouragement.”

Richard R. Schrock2005 Nobel Laureate