Top six Canadian mathematics students selected for Math Team Canada



Left to right: William Zhao, Ruizhou Yang, Kevin Sun

Andrew Lin, Kai Sun and Qi Qi

Six of the country’s best mathematics students will represent Canada as part of Math Team Canada. Andrew Lin (University Hill Secondary School), Qi Qi (Phillips Exeter Academy), Kai Sun (A.B. Lucas Secondary School), Kevin Sun (Phillips Exeter Academy), Ruizhou Yang (University Hill Secondary School) and William Zhao (Richmond Hill High School) will represent Canada at the 57th International Mathematical Olympiads (IMO) in Hong Kong from July 4-16.

Math Team Canada members were selected based on their performance in a series of national math competitions supported by the Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) and international competitions.

“The IMO is the world’s foremost contest for high school mathematics,” said Jacob Tsimerman, Chair of the CMS International Mathematical Olympiad Committee. “This year, our team is incredibly talented, and I am proud to have them represent Canada in the international arena!”

The 2016 team includes one returning member from Math Team Canada 2015: Kevin Sun. It also includes two of the top three winners of the 2016 Sun Life Financial Canadian Mathematical Olympiad (CMO) competition: Kai Sun and William Zhao.

“It is a true honor to be selected as one of the six Canadians to represent Canada in the 2016 International Math Olympiad,” said CMO 1st Prize Winner Kai Sun. “I have prepared for this moment for many years and I am continuing to work hard to represent Canada well in the IMO, so this really is a dream come true.”

The team will first travel to Banff, Alberta for two weeks of intensive training at the Banff International Research Institute (BIRS) from June 26 to July 8. The 2016 Summer IMO Training Camp will allow Math Team Canada members to bond and prepare for the intense competition with the team leaders.

The leaders for Math Team Canada 2016 are:



• Robert Morewood (Team Leader), trainer of previous Canadian IMO teams and member of the IMO Jury in 2006;

• Hunter Spink (Deputy Team Leader), member of Canadian IMO teams from 2009 to 2011, and current graduate student at Harvard University; and

• Patrick Lopatto (Deputy Team Observer), graduate student at Harvard University.



Math Team Canada will compete at the IMO in Hong Kong. Canada has participated in the IMO since 1981. Last year, Math Team Canada placed 9th overall at the IMO in Chiang Mai, Thailand and one team member, Alex Song, was ranked by the IMO as the top mathematics in the world after earning a perfect score in the competition.