Medal winners: Wen-Yu Chang, Yu-Kai Lo, Tsung-Yu Lo, Ching-Chung Hsueh, and Chuan-Yi

Yen (from left to right)

Three Gold and Two Silver for our 2013 International Physics
Olympiad Team!
(Photos and text by Shu-Lin Shen, Division of Academic and Vocational Senior High ducation!
"ur national team in the ##
th
$nternational Physics "lym%iad, held in &'(), has made some
good %erformances* Among +) %artici%ating countries and )+( student contestants, the five
students re%resenting our country surged out by ,inning three -old and t,o Silver medals* Among
them, .en-/u 0hang, a student from /ulin1s Sacred Hearts High School, ran2ed fifth out of total
%artici%ants, ,as the best achiever* Taiwan shared the 3
rd
spot with Iran Thailand and the
!nited States in terms of total num"er of medals awarded* (3his year, there ,ere #( gold
medalists, and the countries bagged gold medals are as follo,s4 0hina and 5orea ,on five gold
medals6 7ussia and Singa%ore ,on four gold medals6 3ai,an, the 8nited States, $ran, and 3hailand
,on three gold medals6 Vietnam, 7omania, and Hungary ,on t,o gold medals, and 9ulgaria, $ndia,
$srael, Lithuania, and Poland ,on one gold medal*!
An advisory team ,as led by Professor 0hih-3a 0hia from the De%artment of Physics in
:ational 3ai,an :ormal 8niversity, together ,ith more than (' other %rofessors, to train our
national team* 3he domestic tryout ,as consisted of four stages4 the %reliminary, semifinal, tryout
cam%, and final* $n &'(), ),''; students from all over the country %artici%ated in the %reliminary
contest, and five students managed to go through the seminal, tryout cam%, and final to <ualify for
our national team* 3his year, our national team ,as led by Professor 0hih-3a 0hia of :ational
3ai,an :ormal 8niversity, together ,ith Professor =in-7ay Lin (an emeritus %rofessor in :ational
3ai,an :ormal 8niversity and the Director--eneral of Asia Physics "lym%iad!, Professor Shang-
>ang 3sai of .u>eng 8niversity, Professor 0hia-Hung 0hang of :ational 3ai,an :ormal
8niversity, Professor 0hung-/u =ou of :ational 3sing Hua 8niversity, Professor ?iun-Huei .u of
:ational 3ai,an 8niversity, Professor 0hon-Saar 0hu of :ational 0hiao 3ung 8niversity, and =r*
Hao-0hi .ang from Sacred Hearts High School serving as team observers* 3he national team left
on ?uly ;
th
, &'() for this com%etition, ,hich ,as held in 0o%enhagen, Denmar2* 3he closing
ceremony ,as held, and ,inners ,ere a,arded on ?uly (#
th
(local time!*
3ai,an has %artici%ated in the $nternational Physics "lym%iad since (@@# and has made good
%erformances each year* 3o date, a total of A' -old, &( Silver, (+ 9ronBe, and + Honorable =ention
have been a,arded, and ,e have been consistently ran2ed among the to% five during the %ast ten
years* =oreover, in the year of &''A, &'(', &'((, and &'(&, all five contestants ,on gold medalsC
3he medal table for our $nternational Physics "lym%iad team is as follo,s4
/ear Hosting
0ountry
:umber of
Partici%ating
0ountries
Dth
0om%etition
7esults $nternational
7an2ing
(@@# Peo%le1s
7e%ublic of
0hina
#; &Ath ( 9ronBe and (
Honorable =ention
(;
(@@A Australia A( &Eth ( Silver, ( 9ronBe, and
) Honorable =ention
(;
(@@E :or,ay AA &;th & -old, & Silver, and (
9ronBe
E
(@@; 0anada AE &+th & Silver, & 9ronBe, and
( Honorable =ention
(A
(@@+ $celand AE &@th ( Silver, & 9ronBe, and
& Honorable =ention
(&
(@@@ $taly E& )'th & -old, & Silver, and (
9ronBe
;
&''' 3he 8ntied
5ingdom
E) )(th & -old, & 9ronBe, and
( Honorable =ention
E
&''( 3ur2ey EA )&th & -old, ( Silver, and &
9ronBe
A
&''& $ndonesia E; ))th ) -old, ( Silver, and (
9ronBe
;
&'') 7e%ublic of
0hina
A# )#th ) -old, ( Silver, and (
9ronBe
)
&''# 5orea ;( )Ath ( -old, ) Silver, and (
9ronBe
;
&''A S%ain ;; )Eth A -old (
&''E Singa%ore +E );th ) -old, ( Silver, and (
9ronBe
A
&''; $ran ;E )+th ( -old, & Silver, and &
9ronBe
(A
&''+ Vietnam +& )@th A -old &
&''@ =exico E+ #'th ) -old and & Silver #
&'(' 0roatia +& #(th A -old )
&'(( 3hailand +# #&th A -old (
&'(& stonia +& #)th A -old &
&'() 0o%enhagen +) ##th ) -old and & Silver -
9elo, is the bac2ground of the five students in our national team and their %erformance4
:ame Studying at -rade =edal
.en-/u 0hang Sacred Hearts High School, /ulin
0ounty
)
rd
-old
/u-5ai Lo 3ai%ei =unici%al ?ianguo High
School
&
nd
-old
3sung-/u Lo :ational .u-Ling Senior High
School
&
nd
-old
0hing-0hung
Hsueh
:ational 3aichung >irst Senior High
School
)
rd
Silver
0huan-/i /en :ational 0hanghua Senior High
School
)
rd
Silver
3o encourage students ,ith exce%tional %erformance, the =inistry of ducation has set u%
FAcademic $ncentives for Students .ho Demonstrate xcellent Performance in $nternational
=athematics or Science "lym%iads and $nternational Science >airs,G ,hich sti%ulates that gold-,
silver-, and bronBe-medal ,inners of this com%etition can be directly admitted to a de%artment of
the same maHor or be recommended to other de%artments at universities* 3hose ,ho ,on an
honorable mention can be recommended to a de%artment of the same maHor at universities* $n
addition, gold-, silver-, and bronBe-medal ,inners ,ill be a,arded :3I &'',''', :3I ('',''', and
:3I A',''' by the =inistry of ducation, res%ectively* >or those ,ho ,on more than one medal in
the same field or in t,o different fields during the same year, they shall be a,arded based on the
highest %riBe that has been achieved*
After this com%etition, our national team s%ent another three days conducting a cultural and
educational tri%, and they returned to 3ai,an on ?uly (@
th
* .e ,ill continue training excellent
students to %artici%ate in com%etitions in order to facilitate international interactions and broaden
our international horiBon* $n &'(#, $nternational Physics "lym%iad is going to be held in
5aBa2hstan* .e ,ill continue training excellent students for this com%etition to facilitate
international interactions and ,in merits*
!hoto of the national team: "rofessor #iun-Huei Wu, "rofessor Chia-Hung
Chang, Wen-Yu Chang, Tsung-Yu Lo, Chuan-Yi Yen, Ching-Chung Hsueh, Yu-Kai Lo,
"rofessor $hang-%ang Tsai, "rofessor Chung-Yu Mou, Mr& Hao-Chi Wang, and
"rofessor Chon-$aar Chu (from left to right)&