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55 PH math aces bag 29 medals, 26 merit citations in Japan tilt

Published Aug 6, 2025 11:17 am

At A Glance

  • The Philippine team, composed of public and private primary and high school students from across the country, bagged 3 gold, 5 silver, and 21 bronze medals plus 26 merit citations in the event, held from August 2 to 6 at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
Team Philippines brought home 3 gold, 5 silver, and 21 bronze medals plus 26 merit citations
Team Philippines brought home 3 gold, 5 silver, and 21 bronze medals plus 26 merit citations
Fifty-five Filipino math aces competed against over 3,000 of their counterparts from 19 countries at the Asia International Mathematical Olympiad (AIMO) held in Tokyo, Japan.
The Philippine team, composed of public and private primary and high school students from across the country, bagged 3 gold, 5 silver, and 21 bronze medals plus 26 merit citations in the event, held from August 2 to 6 at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
Aside from the Philippines, teams from the following nations also took part in the AIMO: China, Taiwan, Russia, Bulgaria, Canada, Turkey, Hong Kong, Macau, Vietnam, Thailand, Brazil, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Uganda.
The AIMO was founded in Hong Kong in 2012 by the AIMO Union, an international charitable organization which aims, among others, to "provide teenagers a platform to explore their math potentials, broaden their math horizon, improve their scientific thinking and engage in cultural exchange and friendships."
Dr. Simon Chua, head of the Mathematics Trainers' Guild Phils. (MTG) which mentors the Filipino contingent, named the team's gold medalists as Adrian Jeric Ang (Xavier School San Juan), Cyris Chad Manarang (Zamboanga Chong Hua High School) and Denise Phoebe Chua (Chiang Kai Shek College).
Team Philippines brought home 3 gold, 5 silver, and 21 bronze medals plus 26 merit citations
Team Philippines brought home 3 gold, 5 silver, and 21 bronze medals plus 26 merit citations
Ang also secured second runner-up honors for garnering the third highest gold grade in his grade level.
The team's silver medalists are Thea Pauleen Garcia (Colegio San Agustin Binan), Cyrus Carl Manarang (Zamboanga Chong Hua High School), Johann Paulo Campos (Philippine
Science High School- Main Campus), Keylla Reign Reyes (Grace Christian College) and Anika Gayle Tan (DLSU High School).
The bronze medal winners are Enzo Sebastian Yeung (Chiang Kai Shek College), Irish Tom Tolentino III (Colegio San Agustin Binan), Rudy Aldrin Turingan (Holy Spirit Academy of Malolos), Lara Jane Natividad (Phil. Cultural College Caloocan), Alixter Shaun Chua (Grace Christian College), Jaze Lauren Camargo (Jesus is Lord Colleges Foundation, Vivien Claire Ng and Nigel Yuri Corpuz (St. Paul College of Ilocos Sur), Jaihruz Paul Campos (PSHS-Calabarzon Campus), Dustin Lance Chua (UNO High School), Thyron Flynn Lim (Pangasinan Universal Institute), Zahra Ayesha Harain (Ateneo de Zamboanga University), Coleen Severa Camacho (Bohol Wisdom School), Raisa Aileen Turingan (Holy Spirit Academy of Malolos), Jachin Boaz Borja (Xavier University Jr. High School), Vivienne Zuri Abenoja (Las Pinas City Nat. Science High School), Nathan Keith Nierras (UST Jr. High School), Francesca Violet Icay (De La Salle Santiago Zobel-Alabang), Lance Gabriel Madrazo (Zamboanga Chong Hua High School), Terrence John Piamonte (Region 1 Science High School) and Amanda Ira Panuncialman (DLSU Manila High School).
Meanwhile, the Merit certificate awardees are Tydron Bentley Montecillo (St. Thomas Academy), Lael Hale Plana, Niel Zandro Tacata, Bea Larisse Chan, Annabella Deine Avelino and Sofia Lei Arguelles (St. Paul College of Ilocos Sur), Zachariah Vincent Abenoja (Elizabeth Seton School), Joaquin Wilco Hung (Zamboanga Chong Hua High School), Zion Laudiangco (JIL Colleges Foundation), Niwrad Blue Icay (Ateneo de Manila University), Francez Emmanueĺle Manabat and Malachy Gomez (Bacolod Trinity Christian School), Ivan Luigi Tan (Jubilee Christian Academy), Alexa Amara Dimapilis (First Asia Institute of Tech. and Humanities), Lemuel Hari Plana (PSHS-Ilocos Region), Ryan Kristian Marte (Elizabeth Seton School - Las Pinas), Lorenzo Earvin Tan III (Palawan Hope Christian School), Hail Librogene Cabbab (Region 1 Science High School), Khent Lewis Su (Grace Christian College), Kaitlin Phoebe Alingarog (Beacon Academy), Angel Margarette Aca (Holy Family School of QC), Ma. Graciella Agatha Vedar (DLSU Integrated School Laguna), Lex Mari Tolentino (Colegio San Agustin Binan) and Joneil Lacasandile, Kristina Louise Motilla and Precious Faith Bangkikiw (Region 1 Science High School).
MTG officer Aldwin Sahirul led the Philippine delegation, along with a number of the math wizards' close relatives.

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