Sunday, July 19, 2015

Dutch girl wins gold at International Biology Olympiad – NU.nl

At the event in the Danish Aarhus Last week 240 topbiologieleerlingen participated from 61 countries.

The Biology Olympiad for upper secondary education is an intellectual showdown with practicals and theory tests at very high levels, the organization said. The event is sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Wageningen University and the Central Institute for Test Development (Cito).

The Dutch team this year was particularly strong. ” Christine has done a remarkable achievement. The last gold medal for the Netherlands long ago, in 1993, ” said Ange Taminiau, team leader of the Dutch team. In the global ranking she won the thirteenth place.

Netherlands doing since 1991 at the Biology Olympiad. In addition to a gold medal it won this year, one silver and two bronze medals. The silver medal went to Quinten Rutgers (56th place), the bronze medals Gosse Sjoerd Bootsma (80th) and Bram Vermeulen (81)

By:. ANP

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