Ukraine's physics team earns awards (08/10/97)

Ukraine's physics team earns awards

by Jurij Darewych

SUDBURY, Ontario - The 28th International Physics Olympiad, a prestigious competition for high school students from around the globe, was held in Sudbury, Ontario, on July 13-20. This event has been held annually since 1967. Teams from 56 countries participated, including a five-member group from Ukraine.

The Ukrainian team did very well, as all five members came away with awards. Konstyantyn Zakharchenko, 17, from Zhovti Vody won a gold medal, Andrii Didovych, 16, from Vinnytsia won a silver medal, while Oleh Miroshnychenko, 14, from Dniprodzerzhynske won a bronze.

Oleksander Solovyov, 17, from Kyiv and Bohdan Lozynsky, 17, from Lviv both obtained certificates of honorable mention.

The team from Ukraine was among the 10 top teams in the competition, and was one of the few on which all five team members came away with an award.

The highest score over all was achieved by gold medalist Saved Mehdi Anvari from Iran. Gold medals were also won by youngsters from Germany (one), Romania (one), Slovakia (one), China (three), Australia (two), Russia (four), Czech Republic (one), Singapore (one), Austria (one) and the U.S. (one).

The Ukrainian competitors, together with their three supervisors, Profs. Ihor Pinkevych and Oleksander Liashenko from Kyiv University and Borys Kreminskyi of Ukraine's Ministry of Education, spent a week visiting the Toronto area immediately following the competition. Their visit was sponsored by the Toronto Branch of the Canadian Friends of Ukraine. The visitors were housed with Ukrainian families during their stay in the Toronto area.

In addition to tours of Toronto and visits to the Royal Ontario Museum and the Ontario Science Center, the group visited Niagara Falls, where they were hosted by the Kartofel family, owners of Biffy's Restaurant.

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