The Minister of Education, Shay Piron, congratulated the students' achievements and said: "Our students proved again, within four days, that investment, perseverance and love for the profession lead to impressive achievements, which fill an entire country with pride."
Israeli pride in the Physics Olympiad: In the competition that ended last night, Sunday, in Denmark, the Israeli physics team won five Olympic medals: 1 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze. This, just three days after the Olympic computer science delegation won four Olympic medals, and for the first time since its entry into the competition was ranked among the ten best countries in the world (8th place).
The gold medal was won by Dan Karliner (XNUMX) from the "Green Village" Levy Eshkol high school. The silver medals were won by Ofer Kopalevitz (XNUMXth) from the "Ha'emek Western Yifat" High School, Guy Segal (XNUMXth) from the Reali High School in Haifa, and Gil-ed Kishoni (XNUMXth) from Leo-Bek High School in Haifa. They are Yacovi (XNUMX) from Kfar Hanor and Wicho Nahalel won a bronze medal.
The Physics Olympiad, which is now in its 44th year, lasted for eight days. Of the 83 participating countries, Israel was ranked 13th. This is a jump of 12 places compared to the previous year, when Israel was ranked 25th.
The winner of the gold medal, Dan Karliner, said after the win: "Before the competition I expected to receive a silver medal, so I am very satisfied. It was a long test, but not too difficult." His teammate, Ofer Kopalevitz, winner of the silver medal, added: "The competition was tougher than I expected, but I had a lot of fun and I'm happy that I was able to win a silver medal."
Eli Raz, the team's head coach, concluded excitedly: "The most exciting moment in the Olympics is to see the reactions of the students when we inform them of the results of the competition, when the reaction of happiness appears on their faces after many months of continuous and constant effort"
Dr. Ofer Rimon, Director of Science and Technology Administration, added: "It's a great feeling and we feel that the hard work is bearing fruit. The students work hard and I believe that if we continue the way we have been working in recent years, we will be able to continue and climb higher."
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8th place in computer science and 13th place in physics
As usual, the Ministry of Education focuses on the plain and not mainly,
Increasing the gaps between those who have and those who do not.
Once it is written (in lines 12-14) that "...the Olympic computer science delegation won four Olympic medals, and for the first time since entering the competition it was ranked among the ten best countries in the world (8th place)..."
Whereas the second time it is written (in lines 19-20) that "...of the 83 participating countries, Israel was ranked 13th"
Well. Which place did Israel win, 8th or 13th?
Maybe the site will also invest and tell a little about what questions/tasks they faced? To tell in two lines "It was difficult, but I'm satisfied.." is really not intelligent.. elaborate, expand, invest too - take an example from the winners..