AoPS Wiki:AoPS Community Awards
This AoPS Community Awards page is a celebration of the accomplishments of members of the AoPS community.
Contents
- 1 IMO Participants and Medalists
- 2 IPhO Participants and Medalists
- 3 IOI Medalists
- 4 USAMO
- 5 Putnam Fellows
- 6 Siemens Competition Winners
- 7 Intel STS Finalists
- 8 Clay Junior Fellows
- 9 Perfect AIME Scores
- 10 Perfect AMC Scores
- 11 Perfect USAMO Index
- 12 MATHCOUNTS
- 13 Harvard-MIT Math Tournament
- 14 ARML
- 15 See also
IMO Participants and Medalists
This is a list of members of the AoPS community who have competed for their country at the International Mathematical Olympiad.
Participants
- Prafulla Susil Dhariwal(2011,2012)
- Akashnil Dutta(2009,2010,2011)
- Alex Zhai (2008)
- Krishanu Roy Sankar (2008)
- Zachary Abel (2006) (AoPS assistant instructor)
- Marco Avila (2006)
- John Berman (2009)
- Zarathustra Brady (2006)
- Robert Cordwell (2005)
- Wenyu Cao (2009, 2011)
- Sherry Gong (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007)
- Elyot Grant (2005)
- Darij Grinberg (2006)
- Mahbubul Hasan (2005)
- Daniel Kane (AoPS assistant instructor)
- Kiran Kedlaya (1990, 1991, 1992) (Art of Problem Solving Foundation board member)
- Viktoriya Krakovna (2006)
- Nate Ince (2004) (AoPS assistant instructor)
- Brian Lawrence (2005, 2007) (WOOT instructor)
- Thomas Mildorf (2005) (AoPS assistant instructor)
- Alison Miller (2004) (AoPS assistant instructor)
- Richard Peng (2005, 2006)
- Eric Price (2005)
- David Rhee (2004, 2005, 2006)
- Peng Shi (2004, 2005, 2006)
- Arne Smeets (2003, 2004)
- Bobby Shen (2012, 2013)
- Arnav Tripathy (2006, 2007)
- Naoki Sato (AoPS instructor)
- Yi Sun (2006)
- Valentin Vornicu (AoPS/MathLinks webmaster)
- Victor Wang (2013)
- Melanie Wood (1998, 1999) (WOOT instructor)
- Alex Zhai (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
- Yufei Zhao (2004, 2005, 2006)
- Tigran Sloyan(2003,2004,2005,2006,2007)
- Marco Avila (2006)
- Vipul Naik (2003,2004)
- Bhargav Narayanan (2007)
- Tigran Hakobyan (2007)
- Carmela Lao (2009, 2010)
- Calvin Deng (2010, 2012, 2013)
- Allen Yuan (2010)
- In-sung Na (2010)
- Xiaoyu He (2010, 2011)
- Kevin Sun (2013)
Perfect Scorers
- Brian Lawrence (2005)
- Alex Zhai (2008)
- Jeck Lim (2012)
Gold medalists
- Akashnil Dutta(2011)
- Zarathustra Brady (2006)
- Robert Cordwell (2005)
- Darij Grinberg (2006)
- Kiran Kedlaya (1990, 1992) (Art of Problem Solving Foundation board member)
- Brian Lawrence (2005) (WOOT instructor)
- Thomas Mildorf (2005) (AoPS assistant instructor)
- Mark Sellke (2013)
- Alison Miller (2004) (AoPS assistant instructor)
- Arnav Tripathy (2006)
- Eric Price (2005)
- Yufei Zhao (2005)
- Alex Zhai (2007, 2008)
- Sherry Gong (2007)
- Krishanu Sankar (2008)
- John Berman (2009)
- Xiaoyu He (2010, 2011)
- Wenyu Cao (2011)
- Prafulla Susil Dhariwal (2012)
- Bobby Shen (2012, 2013)
- James Tao (2013)
- Victor Wang (2013)
Silver medalists
- Akashnil Dutta (2009,2010)
- Zachary Abel (2006) (AoPS assistant instructor)
- Sherry Gong (2004, 2005)
- Nate Ince (2004) (AoPS assistant instructor)
- Kiran Kedlaya (1991) (Art of Problem Solving Foundation board member)
- Viktoriya Krakovna (2006)
- Hyun Soo Kim (2005) (AoPS assistant instructor)
- Richard Peng (2005)
- David Rhee (2006)
- Naoki Sato (AoPS instructor)
- Peng Shi (2006)
- Arne Smeets (2004)
- Yi Sun (2006)
- Sam Vandervelde (1989) (WOOT instructor)
- Melanie Wood (1998, 1999) (WOOT instructor)
- Alex Zhai (2006)
- Yufei Zhao (2006)
- Tigran Sloyan (2006,2007)
- Vipul Naik (2003,2004)
- Delong Meng (2009)
- Qinxuan Pan (2009)
- Wenyu Cao (2009)
- Carmela Lao (2010)
- Jafar Jafarov (2006)
- Ali Gurel (1996)
Bronze medalists
- Debdyuti Banerjee (2011)
- Sherry Gong (2003)
- Elyot Grant (2005)
- Richard Peng (2006)
- Naoki Sato (AoPS instructor)
- Valentin Vornicu (AoPS/MathLinks webmaster)
- Yufei Zhao (2004)
- Tigran Sloyan(2004;2005)
- Tigran Hakobyan (2007)
- Carmela Lao (2009)
- Jafar Jafarov (2007)
- Kevin Sun (2013)
IPhO Participants and Medalists
This is a list of members of the AoPS community who have competed for their country at the International Physics Olympiad.
Participants
- Sherry Gong (2006)
- Yi Sun (2004)
- Arnav Tripathy (2006)
- Marianna Mao (2009)
- Anand Natarajan (2009)
- Bowei Liu (2009)
- Daniel Li (2010)
Gold Medalists
- Yi Sun (2004)
- Rahul Singh (2007)
- Marianna Mao (2009)
- Anand Natarajan (2009)
- Bowei Liu (2009)
- Daniel Li(2010)
- Eric Schneider
- Kevin Zhou
Silver Medalists
- Sherry Gong (2006)
IOI Medalists
This list is of AoPSers who have won medals at the International Olympiad in Informatics.
Gold Medalists
- David Benjamin (2008)
- Brian Hamrick (2009)
- Neal Wu (2008, 2009, 2010)
- Wenyu Cao (2010)
- Scott Wu (2012, 2013)
Silver Medalists
- Akashnil Dutta(2011)
- Brian Hamrick (2008)
- Jacob Steinhardt (2008)
- Wenyu Cao (2009)
- Travis Hance (2009)
Bronze Medalists
- David Benjamin (2007)
USAMO
The following AoPSers have won the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO). (Note that the definition of "winner" has changed over the years -- currently it is the top 12 scores on the USAMO, but in the past it has been the top 6 or top 8 scores.)
Perfect Scorers
- Daniel Kane (AoPS assistant instructor)
- Kiran Kedlaya (1991) (Art of Problem Solving Foundation board member)
- Brian Lawrence (2006) (WOOT instructor)
- Alex Zhu (2012)
Winners
- Yakov Berchenko-Kogan (2006)
- Wenyu Cao (2009)
- Calvin Deng (2009, 2012, 2013)
- Sherry Gong (2006, 2007)
- Yi Han (2006)
- Adam Hesterberg (2007)
- Daniel Kane (AoPS assistant instructor)
- Kiran Kedlaya (1990, 1991, 1992) (Art of Problem Solving Foundation board member)
- Brian Lawrence (2005, 2006, 2007) (WOOT instructor)
- Tedrick Leung (2006, 2007)
- Haitao Mao (2007)
- Richard Mccutchen (2006)
- Albert Ni (2005)
- David Patrick (1988) (AoPS instructor)
- David Rolnick (2008) (AoPS assistant instructor)
- Richard Rusczyk (1989) (AoPS founder)
- Krishanu Sankar (2007,2008)
- Bobby Shen (2013)
- Peng Shi (2006)
- Jacob Steinhardt (2007)
- Yi Sun (2006)
- Arnav Tripathy (2006, 2007)
- Victor Wang (2012, 2013)
- Sam Vandervelde (1987, 1989) (WOOT instructor)
- Melanie Wood (1998, 1999) (WOOT instructor)
- David Yang (2009)
- Alex Zhai (2006, 2007,2008)
- Yufei Zhao (2006)
- David Bay Rush (2009)
Putnam Fellows
The top 5 students (including ties) on the collegiate William Lowell Putnam Competition are named Putnam Fellows.
- David Ash (1981, 1982, 1983)
- Matthew Ince (2005) (AoPS assistant instructor)
- Daniel Kane (2003, 2004, 2005) (AoPS assistant instructor)
- Kiran Kedlaya (1994, 1995, 1996) (AoPS Foundation board member)
- Brian Lawrence (2008)
- Mitchell Lee (2012, 2013)
- Evan O'Dorney (2011, 2012, 2013)
- Alexander Schwartz (2000, 2002)
- Bobby Shen (2013)
- Jan Siwanowicz (2001)
- Arnav Tripathy (2008)
- Melanie Wood (2002) (WOOT instructor)
- David Yang (2013)
Siemens Competition Winners
The annual Siemens Competition (formerly Siemens-Westinghouse) is a scientific research competition.
- Michael Viscardi (1st Individual, 2005)
- Lucia Mocz (2nd Team, 2006)
Intel STS Finalists
The annual Intel Science Talent Search is a science competition seeking to find and reward the most scientifically accomplished seniors.
- Jonathan Li (2011)
- Evan O'Dorney (2011)
- Philip Mocz (2008)
- Yihe Dong (2008)
- Qiaochu Yuan (2008)
- Greg Brockman (2007)
Clay Junior Fellows
Each year since 2003, the Clay Mathematics Institute has selected 12 Junior Fellows.
- Thomas Belulovich (2005) (AoPS assistant instructor)
- Atoshi Chowdhury (2003) (AoPS assistant instructor)
- Robert Cordwell (2005)
- Eve Drucker (2003) (AoPS assistant instructor)
- Matthew Ince (2004) (AoPS assistant instructor)
- Nate Ince (2004) (AoPS assistant instructor)
- Hyun Soo Kim (2005) (AoPS assistant instructor)
- Raju Krishnamoorthy (2005)
- Alison Miller (2003) (AoPS assistant instructor)
- Brian Rice (2003) (AoPS assistant instructor)
- Dmitry Taubinski (2005) (AoPS assistant instructor)
- Ameya Velingker (2005)
Perfect AIME Scores
Very few students have ever achieved a perfect score on the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME)
- Matthew Babbitt (2013)
- David Benjamin (2006)
- Mathew Crawford (1992) (AoPS instructor)
- Calvin Deng (2011)
- Sam Elder (2008)
- Sandor Lehoczky (1990) (AoPS author)
- Tedrick Leung (2006)
- Tony Liu (2006)
- Haitao Mao (2008)
- Shyam Narayanan (2012,2014)
- Bobby Shen (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
- Richard Rusczyk (1989) (AoPS founder)
- Sam Vandervelde (1988) (WOOT instructor)
- Alexander Whatley (2012)
- Scott Wu (2012)
Perfect AMC Scores
Perfect AMC 12 Scores
The AMC 12 is a challenging examination for students in grades 12 and below administered by the American Mathematics Competitions.
- Zachary Abel (2005) (AoPS assistant instructor)
- David Benjamin (2006)
- Wenyu Cao (2009)
- Sam Elder (2008)
- Ruozhou (Joe) Jia (2003) (AoPS assistant instructor)
- Joel Lewis (2003)
- Jonathan Li (2010)
- Daniel Li (2009)
- Jonathan Lowd (2003) (AoPS assistant instructor)
- Thomas Mildorf (2004) (AoPS assistant instructor)
- Alison Miller (2004) (AoPS assistant instructor)
- Albert Ni (2003) (AoPS instructor)
- Ajay Sharma (2004)
- Bobby Shen (2009, 2011)
- Matt Superdock (2009)
- Arnav Tripathy (2006, 2007)
- Qiaochu Yuan (2008)
- Alex Zhai (2007)
Perfect AMC 10 scorers
The AMC 10 is a challenging examination for students in grades 10 and below administered by the American Mathematics Competitions.
- Yongyi Chen (2009)
- Matthew Babbitt (2009)
- Sergei Bernstein (2007)
- Yifan Cao (2005)
- Kevin Chen (2007, 2008, 2009)
- Lewis Chen(2009)
- In Young Cho (2007)
- Mario Choi (2007)
- Calvin Deng (2008)
- Billy Dorminy (2007)
- Zhou Fan (2005)
- Albert Gu (2007)
- Robin He (2007)
- Keone Hon (2005)
- Susan Hu (2005)
- Lyndon Ji (2008)
- Sam Keller (2007)
- Vincent Le (2006)
- Daniel Li (2007)
- Jonathan Li (2009, 2007)
- Kevin Li (2009)
- Patricia Li (2005)
- Carl Lian (2007)
- Sam Lite (2009)
- David Lu (2009)
- Michael Ma (2009, 2010, 2011 in grades 3, 4, 5)
- Thomas Mildorf (2002) (AoPS assistant instructor)
- Anupa Murali (2008)
- Shyam Narayanan (2013)
- Max Rosett (2005, 2006) (AoPS assistant instructor)
- Amrit Saxena (2009)
- Maximilian Schindler (2009)
- Eric Schneider (2009)
- Bobby Shen (2009)
- Lilly Shen (2009)
- Jeffrey Shen (2008)
- Richard Spence (2009)
- Kyle Stankowski (2009)
- Michael Tan (2009)
- Kevin Tian (2009)
- Howard Tong (2005)
- Sam Trabucco (2008)
- Brent Woodhouse (2006, 2007)
- Lawrence Wu (2009)
- Allen Yuan (2009)
- David Yang (2009)
- Peijin Zhang (2009)
- Jonathan Zhou (2007)
- Alex Zhu (2009)
- Michael Kural (2013)
- Edwin Peng (2013)
Perfect AHSME Scores
The American High School Mathematics Examination (AHSME) was the predecessor of the AMC 12.
- Christopher Chang (1994, 1995, 1996)
- Mathew Crawford (1994, 1995) (AoPS instructor)
- David Patrick (1988) (AoPS instructor)
Perfect USAMO Index
- Samuel Elder (2009)
- Bobby Shen (2011)
- Gabriel Caroll (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001)
MATHCOUNTS
MathCounts is the premier middle school mathematics competition in the U.S.
National Champions
- Ruozhou (Joe) Jia (2000) (AoPS assistant instructor)
- Albert Ni (2002) (AoPS instructor)
- Adam Hesterberg (2003)
- Neal Wu (2005)
- Daesun Yim (2006)
- Kevin Chen (2007)
- Darryl Wu (2008)
- Bobby Shen (2009)
- Mark Sellke (2010)
- Scott Wu (2011)
- Chad Qian (2012)
- Alec Sun (2013)
National Top 12
- Ashley Reiter Ahlin (1987) (WOOT instructor)
- Andrew Ardito (2005, 2006)
- David Benjamin (2004, 2005)
- Nathan Benjamin (2005, 2006)
- Wenyu Cao (2007)
- Christopher Chang (1991, 1992)
- Kevin Chen (2006, 2007)
- Steven Chen (2009, 2010)
- Andrew Chien (2003)
- Peter Chien (2004)
- Mario Choi (2007)
- Joseph Chu (2004)
- Alexander Clifton (2009)
- Mathew Crawford (1990, 1991) (AoPS instructor)
- Calvin Deng (2009)
- Brian Hamrick (2006)
- Adam Hesterberg (2002, 2003)
- Jason Hyun (2008)
- Ruozhou (Joe) Jia (2000) (AoPS assistant instructor)
- Sam Keller (2006)
- Shaunak Kishore (2003, 2004)
- Kiran Kota (2005)
- Brian Lawrence (2003) (WOOT instructor)
- Karlanna Lewis (2005)
- Daniel Li (2006)
- Patricia Li (2005)
- Ray Li (2009)
- Poh-Ling Loh (2000)
- David Lu (2008)
- Albert Ni (2002) (AoPS assistant instructor)
- Maximilian Schindler (2009)
- Bobby Shen (2008, 2009)
- Elizabeth Synge (2007)
- Jason Trigg (2002)
- Sam Vandervelde (1985) (WOOT instructor)
- Victor Wang (2009)
- Neal Wu (2005, 2006)
- Rolland Wu (2006)
- Xiaoyu He (2008)
- David Yang (2009)
- Daesun Yim (2006)
- Darren Yin (2002)
- Allen Yuan (2007)
- Samuel Zbarsky (2008)
- Alex Zhai (2004)
- Mark Zhang (2005)
- Alan Zhou (2009)
- Mark Sellke (2009, 2010)
- Eugene Chen (2010)
- Lewis Chen (2010)
- Shyam Narayanan (2010,2011)
- Franklyn Wang (2013)
Masters Round Champions
- Christopher Chang (1991)
- Brian Lawrence (2003) (WOOT instructor)
- Sergei Bernstein (2005)
- Daniel Li (2006)
- Kevin Chen (2007)
- Bobby Shen (2008)
- Maximilian Schindler (2009)
- Alex Song (2010)
National Test Champions
- Mathew Crawford (1990) (AoPS instructor)
- Adam Hesterberg (2003)
- Sergei Bernstein (2005)
- Neal Wu (2006)
- Bobby Shen (2008)
- David Yang (2009)
- Mark Sellke (2010)
- Shyam Narayanan (2011)
Harvard-MIT Math Tournament
The HMMT 2007 winning team, the "WOOTlings", consisted entirely of WOOTers:
- Wenyu Cao
- Eric Chang
- Jeremy Hahn
- Alex Kandell
- Adeel Khan
- Sathish Nagappan
- Krishanu Roy Sankar
- Patrick Tenorio
ARML
ARML winners
- Alex Song (2009, 2011)
- Benjamin Gunby (2010)
- Allen Liu (2012, 2013)
ARML Perfect Scorers
- Alex Song (2011)
- Shyam Narayanan (2012)
ARML Top 10
- Zachary Abel (2006) (AoPS assistant instructor)
- Lewis Chen(2011,2012)
- Benjamin Gunby (2010)
- Bobby Shen (2010)
- Seva Tchernov (2007)
- Arnav Tripathy (2007)
- David Yang (2009)
- Daesun Yim (2008)
- Alex Song (2009,2011,2012)
- Bailey Wang (2009)(WOOT Grader)
- Shyam Narayanan (2011,2012 (Perfect Score))