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Bulgarian students win medals at International Chemistry Olympiad

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Bulgarian students have won medals at the prestigious International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO 2020). 240 students from 60 countries competed in the 52nd online edition. The Bulgarians won one silver and three bronze medals.

The silver medal went to Damyan Frantzov, a student of the Sofia Mathematical High School. Bronze medals went to Georgi Nedyalkov and Teodor Maslyankov also from the Sofia Mathematical High School and to Pavel Nikolov from the Mathematical High School in Plovdiv. Team leaders are Associate Professor Donka Tasheva and Penka Vasileva. 

On July 14 and 15, the same team won two silver medals in competition with more than 100 participants from 27 countries at the International Mendeleev Olympiad.




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