In competitions held in physics, mathematics, chemistry and biology, ninth-twelfth graders won 3 gold, 8 silver and 7 bronze medals, after competing with representatives from more than a hundred countries.
The Israeli national team won three gold medals this week at the International Science Olympiad. Participants, from ninth to twelfth grades, competed in four Olympics - physics, math, chemistry and biology - against representatives from more than a hundred countries. In total, they won 18 medals, including eight silver and seven bronze medals.
The students trained for the competitions at Israeli universities as part of a joint venture between the Ministry of Education and the Center for Future Scientists. The physics team, for example, was trained at Ben-Gurion University.
All its members won medals - one gold, two silver and two bronze. The gold was won by Revital Velach, a student of the Rabbi's Ulpanat Haran in Gedera. In the Science Olympics, more than one medal of each kind is awarded. In gold in physics.