All Bulgarian high school students who took part in IMO won medals

Bulgarian students won a gold, two silver and three bronze medals at the 67th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), which was held in Shanghai, China from July 12 to 20, 2026. The Association of Olympiad Teams in Natural Sciences announced that the competition brought together 666 participants from 119 countries.

The gold medal went to eleventh grader Andrey Stefanov from Sofia. Silver medals were won by Alexander Bangachev, also an 11th grader from Sofia, and Dobromir Dobrev, a tenth grader from Sofia. Bronze medals went to Georgi Nikolov in 12th grade from Sofia, Kiril Zulyamski, a ninth grader from Sofia, and Bozhidar Sakarev, a tenth grader from Sofia. The national team leaders are Dr. Stoyan Boev from the American University in Bulgaria and Kristiyan Vassilev from the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, BTA reports.

Editor: Ivo Ivanov