Team for 49th International Mathematical Olympaid

The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) is the World Championship Mathematics Competition for High School students and is held annually in a different country. The first IMO was held in 1959 in Romania with seven countries participating.

It gradually expanded to over ninety countries from five continents. The IMO Advisory Board ensures that the competition takes place each year and that each host country observes the regulations and traditions of the IMO.

The 49th International Mathematical Olympiad is being held in Madrid - Spain from July 10 to July 22. Chanakya J. Wijeratne - Senior Lecturer in Mathematics from University of Colombo (Team Leader) Kasun Thudugala - Lecturer in Mathematics from University of Colombo (Deputy Leader), N. C. Pallewela - Maliyadewa College, Kurunegala. A. B. K. Fernando - Richmond College, Galle, N. R. Samarasekera and M. D. Y. Fernando - Ananda College, Colombo 10 and G. R. B. R. Gamlath - Royal College, Colombo 7 are the members of the Sri Lanka team.