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Five U. S. Physics Team Members Bring Home Five Gold Medals from European Physics Olympiad

U. S. Physics Team Earns Five Gold Medals at European Physics Olympiad

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Zian Shi, Shuoyan Chen, Allen Li, Luke Huang, and Richard Yang

July 19, 2024, College Park, MD—The U.S. Physics Team was represented by five traveling members at the European Physics Olympiad (EuPhO), held July 15–19 at Kutaisi International University, Kutaisi, Georgia. Each of these team members earned a Gold Medal. Allen Li and Luke Huang scored the second and third best totals.

The five gold medal winners of the 2024 U.S. Physics Team are:

  • Shuoyan Chen, Troy High School, Fullerton, CA
  • Luke Huang, New Canaan High School, New Canaan, CT
  • Allen Li, Monta Vista High School, Cupertino, CA
  • Zian Shi, Clovis North High School, Fresno, CA
  • Richard Yang, Iowa City West High School, Iowa City, IA 

AAPT proudly congratulates these young physicists and their coaches for this outstanding representation of the United States on the global stage of 256 participants from 55 countries, the largest 2024 physics olympiad.

The coaches traveling with the 2024 U.S. Physics Team are Tengiz Bibilashvili, Academic Director, and Kevin Zhou, Coach.

The U.S. Physics Team is sponsored by the generous support of private donors, the American Institute for Physics and the member societies of the American Institute of Physics:
Acoustical Society of America
American Association of Physicists in Medicine
American Association of Physics Teachers
American Astronomical Society
ACA: The Structural Science Society
American Meteorological Society
American Physical Society
AVS: Science &Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and Processing
Optica
The Society of Rheology

Hosting University:
University of Maryland

Corporate Sponsors:
Cambridge University Press
Citidel Securities
D.E.Shaw Group & Company
Turnitin

About AAPT
AAPT is an international organization for physics educators, physicists, and industrial scientists—with members worldwide. Dedicated to enhancing the understanding and appreciation of physics through teaching, AAPT provides awards, publications, and programs that encourage teaching practical application of physics principles, support continuing professional development, and reward excellence in physics education. Founded in 1930, the Association is headquartered in the American Center for Physics at College Park, Maryland.

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