Balgarianovinite.com Bulgarian students won four medals at the 37th International Biology Olympiad, held in Vilnius, Lithuania, from July 12 to 19, the Association of the Olympic Teams in Natural Sciences said on Sunday.
The Bulgarian national team won two silver and two bronze medals, with all four contestants returning with distinctions from the world’s most prestigious international biology competition for secondary school students.
The silver medals went to Teodor Petrov, an 11th-grade student at the Paisii Hilendarski Sofia High School of Mathematics, and Dimitar Oronov, a 12th-grade student at the Acad. Lyubomir Chakalov National High School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences.
Bronze medals were won by Boyan Tsenov, a 12th-grade student at the Acad. Lyubomir Chakalov National High School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, and Andrey Dichev, a 12th-grade student at the Prof. Konstantin Galabov 91st German Language High School.
A total of 312 students from 82 countries took part in the 2026 Olympiad. They competed in two highly challenging rounds: a practical laboratory examination and a theoretical examination covering the principal fields of modern biology, including molecular and cell biology, genetics, biochemistry, physiology, botany, zoology, ecology, evolution and bioinformatics.
The Bulgarian team was led by Prof. Albena Yordanova of the Faculty of Medicine at St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, Assoc. Prof. Iliyana Sazdova of the university’s Faculty of Biology, and PhD student Teodor Trifonov.
The International Biology Olympiad has been held annually since 1990. Bulgaria was among the six countries that founded the competition and participated in its inaugural edition. The 37th Olympiad was hosted by Lithuania for the first time.
China, Chinese Taipei, the United States, Singapore and Russia traditionally rank among the strongest-performing countries at the competition, while Bulgaria’s main European rivals include Germany, the United Kingdom, Czechia and Poland, the association said.
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