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Romanian pupils obtained two gold medals and four silver medals at the 16th International Junior Science Olympiad, taking place between December 3-12, in Doha, Qatar, the Ministry of Education announces, in a release.
The Romanian pupils that took home gold are Ioana Madalina Caraus (9th grade/ International Informatics Highschool of Bucharest) and Vlad Stefan Oros (9th grade/ Grigore Moisil Theoretical Highschool of Timisoara).
The silver medals were won by Raisa Axenie (10th grade/Tudor Vianu National Informatics College of Bucharest), Stefan Eduard Dolis (Gheorghe Vranceanu National College of Bacau), Mircea Andrei Top (10th grade/ Decebal National College of Deva), and Vlad Iova (10th grade/ Emanoil Gojdu National College of Oradea).
The team was coordinated by Daniela Bogdan (national coordinator and responsible for the discipline 'Chemistry'), professor at the Saint Sava National College of Bucharest, Traian Saitan (responsible for 'Biology', general inspector of the Ministry of Education and Research, and Victor Paunescu (responsible for 'Physics'), professor at the Octav Onicescu National College of Bucharest. Also attending was Adriana Simona Popescu, inspector with the Constanta County School Inspectorate, as an observer.
Over 400 pupils of over 70 countries participated in this year's edition.
