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Israeli achievement: medal at the International Chemistry Olympiad

The Israeli team was trained at the Shulich Faculty of Chemistry at the Technion * Bronze medal for Raz Lotan from Tel Aviv. Raz won the medal at the end of a challenging competition consisting of a theoretical part and a practical part.

Israel's national team for the Chemistry Olympiad in Minsk, 2018. Photo: Technion Spokesperson
Israel's national team for the Chemistry Olympiad in Minsk, 2018. Photo: Technion Spokesperson

An impressive achievement for the Israeli team in chemistry at the Mendeleev Olympiad held in Minsk, Belarus: a bronze medal for Raz Lotan from Tel Aviv. Raz won the medal at the end of a challenging competition consisting of a theoretical part and a practical part. Three more students from Israel participated in the competition: Roi Far, Noa Karsak and Chen Galstein.

The 52nd Mendeleev Olympiad is an international chemistry olympiad in which high school students from all over Asia and Eastern Europe participate. Israel has been participating in it since 2016, and this year 135 students from 22 countries participated in the competition in Minsk.

The Ministry of Education and the Center for Future Scientists of the Maimonides Foundation lead the training of students to participate in the various international science Olympiads as part of a joint venture that began this year (XNUMX).

The Israeli team was trained for the Olympics at the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry at the Technion. The program is headed by Prof. Zeev Gross and the main trainer is Dr. Izna Nigel Ettinger, who trained and coached dozens of students from which the members of the delegation were chosen. Dr. Avital Lahav is in charge of the administrative management, and many of the faculty members assisted in the project. Laboratory engineer Gabriela Halevi, who was involved in training the students for the practical part of the Olympics, went with the delegation.

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