Armenian student wins bronze medal at jubilee International Mendeleev  Chemistry Olympiad in Moscow

ArmInfo. Mikael Aleksanyan, a 12th-grade student from Vanadzor Specialized School, won a bronze  medal at the 60th International Mendeleev Chemistry Olympiad in Moscow.

According to information provided by the press service of the  Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, and Sports (MOESCS) to  ArmInfo,  the Olympiad consisted of three stages: two theoretical and  one practical.  According to the source, more than 200 schoolchildren  from 37 countries took part in the event. The team was led by  Andranik Davinyan, a researcher at the Scientific and Technological  Center for Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry of the National  Academy of Sciences. He is also the Chairman of the Commission for  the Republican Chemistry Olympiad. Armenia was also represented at  the Olympiad by Hayk Harutyunyan, a student from the Quantum  Gymnasium.

The Ministry noted that the Armenian team had previously won a silver  medal at the 59th International Mendeleev Olympiad in Brazil.