The 3rd European Physics Olympiad

Photos from the Awards Ceremony

Kristaps Bergfelds — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 10:23:30 +0000

List of Award Recipients

Kristaps Bergfelds — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 11:47:29 +0000

The Olympiad has ended as we have spent wonderful five days with the most talented young people from around the whole World! We have successfully completed the core events of the Olympiad: the experimental and theoretical examination stages, as well as moderation. We congratulate all contests for being with us! We provide the full list of the award recipients in the table below. The list is also available as XLSX and PDF files.

Team	First Name	Last Name	Total Points	Award	Special Award
Slovakia	Jonáš	Dujava	36.6	Gold Medal	Best Overall
Estonia	Richard	Luhtaru	35.1	Gold Medal	Best in Clarity of Reasoning in Theory
Slovenia	Marko	Čmrlec	33.6	Gold Medal	Best in Theory
Turkey	Abdurrahman Hadi	Ertürk	33.4	Gold Medal
Slovenia	Tevž	Lotrič	31.4	Gold Medal
Hungary	István	Csépányi	30.6	Gold Medal
Indonesia	Ivander Jonathan Marella	Waski	30.5	Gold Medal
Saudi Arabia	Yazan	Almajnouni	30.4	Gold Medal
Russia	Dmitry	Tsarev	28.6	Gold Medal
Singapore	Han	Jiatao Jerry	28.2	Gold Medal
Turkey	Yunus Emre	Parmaksiz	28.1	Gold Medal
Turkey	Alkin	Kaz	27.7	Gold Medal
Bulgaria	Georgi	Aleksandrov	27.0	Gold Medal
Singapore	Leong	Eu-Shaun	26.9	Silver Medal
Estonia	Hannes	Kuslap	26.7	Silver Medal
Latvia 1	Jānis	Hūns	26.1	Silver Medal
Italy	Luca	Muscarella	25.3	Silver Medal
Romania	Stefan	Dolteanu	25.3	Silver Medal	Best in Experiment
Brazil	Ygor	De Santana Moura	25.2	Silver Medal
Bulgaria	Aleksandar	Prodanov	24.8	Silver Medal
Russia	Ivan	Kharichkin	24.6	Silver Medal
Turkey	Kutay	Akin	23.7	Silver Medal
Turkey	Bayram Alp	Sahin	23.6	Silver Medal
Hungary	Balázs	Póta	23.3	Silver Medal
Moldova	Daniel	Siretanu	23.3	Silver Medal
Estonia	Kaarel	Kivisalu	22.4	Silver Medal
Romania	Ionel Emilian	Chiosa	21.7	Silver Medal
Czech Republic	David	Klement	21.6	Silver Medal
Bulgaria	Aleksandar	Krastev	21.5	Silver Medal
Indonesia	Nixon	Widjaja	21.4	Silver Medal
Singapore	Timothy	Ho Li Xiong	21.4	Silver Medal
Estonia	Konstantin	Dukatš	21.1	Silver Medal
Latvia 1	Vilhelms	Cinis	21.1	Silver Medal
Slovakia	Ronald	Doboš	21.1	Silver Medal
Georgia	Aleksandre	Merabishvili	20.9	Silver Medal
Romania	Theodor	Iosif	20.8	Silver Medal
Vietnam	Hoang	Do Huy	20.7	Silver Medal
Indonesia	Yuwanza	Ramadhan	20.6	Silver Medal
Poland	Tomasz	Twardoch	20.6	Silver Medal
Czech Republic	Jaroslav	Herman	20.4	Silver Medal
Slovenia	Andraž	Jelinčič	20.4	Silver Medal
Brazil	Gabriel	Capelo Domingues	20.2	Bronze Medal
Slovakia	Róbert	Jurco	20.2	Bronze Medal
Hungary	Bulcsú	Fajszi	20.1	Bronze Medal
Bulgaria	Ivo	Petrov	20.0	Bronze Medal
Brazil	Luâ	De Souza Santos	19.8	Bronze Medal
Singapore	Jovan	Liau Yi Jun	19.7	Bronze Medal
Sweden	Markus	Swift	19.5	Bronze Medal
Poland	Michal	Uminski	19.4	Bronze Medal
Russia	Tatiana	Emelianova	19.4	Bronze Medal
Brazil	Miguel	Vieira Pereira	19.3	Bronze Medal
Indonesia	Gusti Putu Surya	Govinda	18.8	Bronze Medal
Poland	Antoni	Puch	18.7	Bronze Medal
Italy	Pietro	Benotto	18.4	Bronze Medal
Romania	Mihai	Vasile	18.3	Bronze Medal
Sweden	Oliver	Lindström	17.3	Bronze Medal
Hungary	Péter	Elek	16.9	Bronze Medal
Malaysia	Jia Qing	Tan	16.7	Bronze Medal
Germany	Tobias	Messer	16.5	Bronze Medal
Slovenia	Vladimir	Smrkolj	15.8	Bronze Medal
Croatia	Bernard	Faulend	15.7	Bronze Medal
Slovakia	Emil	Lelák	15.6	Bronze Medal
Russia	Aleksandr	Golovastenko	15.4	Bronze Medal
Vietnam	Binh	Nguyen Van	15.3	Bronze Medal
Latvia 2	Ričards Kristers	Knipšis	15.2	Bronze Medal
Poland	Oliwier	Urbanski	15.2	Bronze Medal
Sweden	Gustaf	Forsberg	15.1	Bronze Medal
Indonesia	Daffa Fathani	Adila	14.8	Bronze Medal
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Fahrudin	Delić	14.7	Bronze Medal
Georgia	Luka	Kirtadze	14.7	Bronze Medal
Italy	Mattia	Arundine	14.7	Bronze Medal
Germany	Franz	Loose	14.5	Bronze Medal
Vietnam	Khanh Ngoc	Tran	14.5	Bronze Medal
Czech Republic	Jonáš	Havelka	14.3	Bronze Medal
Croatia	Grgur	Premec	14.2	Bronze Medal	Best in Clarity of Reasoning in Experiment
Saudi Arabia	Hisham	Almalki	14.2	Bronze Medal
Bulgaria	Vladimira	Irincheva	14.1	Bronze Medal
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Muhamed	Sokolović	14.0	Bronze Medal
Moldova	Danil	Efimov	13.9	Bronze Medal
Italy	Nikolas	Plattner	13.7	Bronze Medal
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Nola	Šegalo	13.5	Bronze Medal
Latvia 1	Rolands	Lopatko	12.9	Honorable Mention
Croatia	Davor	Dobrota	12.9	Honorable Mention
Romania	Sabina	Dragoi	12.7	Honorable Mention
Belgium	Julien	Ars	12.6	Honorable Mention
Italy	Francesco	Debortoli	12.6	Honorable Mention
Estonia	Urmas	Luhaäär	12.5	Honorable Mention
Vietnam	Thinh Duy	Ngo	12.5	Honorable Mention
Belgium	Gauthier	Gallez	12.4	Honorable Mention
Switzerland	Ramón	Buchenberger	12.4	Honorable Mention
France	Victor	Lequin	12.3	Honorable Mention
Switzerland	Yanjun	Zhou	12.1	Honorable Mention
Croatia	Nikola	Jurkovic	12.1	Honorable Mention
Switzerland	Noah	Roux	12.0	Honorable Mention
Brazil	Marcelo	Melo De Oliveira	11.5	Honorable Mention
Hungary	Bence	Fitos	11.3	Honorable Mention
Malaysia	Lee	Zong Yu	11.3	Honorable Mention
Slovenia	Simon	Bukovšek	11.1	Honorable Mention
Sweden	Gustaf	Sundmark	10.8	Honorable Mention
Singapore	Nithesh	Sanjeevi Saravanan	10.7	Honorable Mention
Armenia	Spartak	Aghababyan	10.4	Honorable Mention
Armenia	Alexander	Asriyan	10.2	Honorable Mention
Slovakia	Michal	Lelák	10.1	Honorable Mention
Luxembourg	Alexandre	Fouquet	10.0	Honorable Mention
Latvia 2	Agnis	Salmiņš	10.0	Honorable Mention	Best of Riga Technical University
Russia	Sergey	Savelyev	10.0	Honorable Mention
Latvia 2	Jānis	Pudāns	9.8	Honorable Mention
Germany	Thomas	Kornalik	9.6	Honorable Mention
Malaysia	Wei Kit	Tan	9.6	Honorable Mention

Photos from the Opening Ceremony

Kristaps Bergfelds — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 12:19:05 +0000

Problem Texts of EuPhO’19

Kristaps Bergfelds — Sun, 02 Jun 2019 17:27:27 +0000

As we have finished the examination stages of our Olympiad, we encourage everyone to examine the problems: the experimental and theoretical problem text of the EuPhO’19. The solutions will be published soon as well.

Experimental Problems

Theory Problems

Scientific Lectures on June 1st

Kristaps Bergfelds — Fri, 24 May 2019 06:30:07 +0000

We are proud to announce the public lectures that will be given on June 1st for the participants of the Olympiad as well as local physics enthusiasts and high-school students. We are especially excited to announce that European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) has decided to be a sponsor of EuPhO’19 by inviting the distinguished theoretical physicist Prof. John Ellis to this event. Full list of lectures is given below:

Prof. Leo Selavo. Professional and personal challenges with our world under the “macroscope”: Implications of the wireless sensor networks and Internet of Things.
Prof. Marcis Auzinsh. Enjoying physics until the age of 100: Challenges to understand quantum phenomena.
Prof. John Ellis. What are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going?: Fundamental questions about the Universe asked by particle physicists at CERN.

Third Circular and Translation Instructions

Kristaps Bergfelds — Fri, 17 May 2019 11:20:05 +0000

We are only a few weeks away from the beginning of our event. Here you will find the third and final circular of EuPhO’19. This circular will give you all the essential information about our provided hospitality and services during your stay in Riga. The detailed event programme is provided at the end of the document and also made available on our website. This circular also instructs team leaders and observers on how problem text translation will be organized during EuPhO’19. The same instructions are given below.

The official language of EuPhO is English; if needed, the team leader translates the problems into the native language of his/her team members, and acts as a translator during moderations. Problem text translation will take place early morning before the examination. EuPhO organizers will not be providing laptops for team leaders and observers to perform the translations. We kindly ask to bring your own laptop with a functioning Wi-Fi connectivity.

The translations will take place on Overleaf: a cloud-based LaTeX typesetting platform. The final PDF files will be submitted through an online form. The procedure during the translations will be the following:

Accessing file for translation. During the translation you will be provided with a link to the problem text package in a form of a ZIP file. (Example ZIP)
Translating in Overleaf. Sign up and log in to your Overleaf Select New Project and upload the ZIP file provided to you. Translate the text and download a PDF after recompiling the document with XeLaTeX (change the compiler under Menu → Settings → Compiler).
Preparing several problem PDFs. Make sure to include the full student badge number in the space provided. This means you need to download up to 5 separate PDF files – one for each of your students with their unique badge number. Printout with student names and respective badge numbers will be available in the room where translation will take place.
Submitting translated problems. You will also be provided with a link to a form for submitting the translated files. You should upload all PDF files at once through the form. You will also be asked to enter the three-letter code of your country (will match the beginning of your badge number). (Example Form)

We strongly encourage all team leaders and observers to use the provided examples above and to test the procedure before the EuPhO begins. If you have any questions or feedback, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Call for Volunteers

Kristaps Bergfelds — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 16:08:50 +0000

We have started to recruit volunteers to help us during the days of the Olympiad. Students from the largest Universities of Riga will help our guests to have the best possible experiance during their stay in Latvia: They will work as team atachés and guide the participants during all their activities.

Second Circular

Kristaps Bergfelds — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 05:23:54 +0000

We are three months away from the beginning of the 3rd European Physics Olympiad to be held in Riga, Latvia from May 31st to June 4th. Here you will find the second circular of the Olympiad. This circular will give you the latest news about the Olympiad and will instruct team leaders on how to register their teams.

Team leaders will be able to register their team in a few days time by logging in at eupho2019.lu.lv/login:

Team leaders will be able obtain the invoice PDF file by specifying the team size. All teams are expected to have paid the participation fee by March 31st.
Forms will be provided to fill out specific details about all team members (team leader, observers, students).
For those countries whose citizens do require visa to enter Latvia, all details should be provided by March 31st.
Countries whose citizens do not require visa to enter Latvia, are expected to fully complete the registration of their teams by April 30th.

All team leaders will receive login information (username and password) by e-mail around March 11th. In the meantime, we kindly ask all team leaders to assemble the required information for their whole team:

All passport data (scanned photo page of passport is required)
Badge photo (portrait of face, size ratio of 3:4)
Nickname (shown on badge for easier recognition)
Dietary restrictions (e.g. vegetarian, vegan, halal)
Health limitations (e.g. impaired mobility, needs for special mediation, food allergies)
T-shirt size
Facebook profile page
Inbound and outbound flight information

We hope to see you all in Riga soon!

The Participants of EuPhO’19

Kristaps Bergfelds — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 10:18:59 +0000

We are proud to announce that by the beginning of February we have 36 countries that have pre-registered for EuPhO`19. We will open the full registration for teams and their participants by the end of February.

The pre-registered European teams are: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine

The pre-registered guest teams are: Bangladesh, Brazil, Ecuador, Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Vietnam.

Insight into the Main Venue

Kristaps Bergfelds — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 12:14:54 +0000

On 28^thJanuary the University of Latvia celebrated successful completion of the House of Science, thus creating the newest and most modern study and research centre in Latvia. The House of Science will also serve as the main venue of the 3^rdEuropean Physics Olympiad held from 31^stMay to 4^thJune.

Program of the EuPhO`19 will include the opportunity for team leaders to visit the newly built, modern laboratories of the two faculties and six research institutes located in the House of Science.

For more photographs and information, please read the full article on the University of Latvia webpage.