Raúl Chávez Sarmiento

Raúl Arturo Chávez Sarmiento (born 24 October 1997) is a Peruvian child prodigy in mathematics. At the age of 11 years, 271 days, he won a bronze medal at the 2009 International Mathematical Olympiad, making him the second youngest medalist in IMO history, behind Terence Tao who won bronze in 1986 at the age of 10.[1]

Raúl Chávez Sarmiento
Born (1997-10-24) 24 October 1997
Peru
NationalityPeruvian
Known forSecond youngest bronze, silver, gold medalist in IMO history

He won a silver medal at the 2010 IMO, a gold medal (6th ranked overall) at the 2011 IMO, and again a silver medal at the 2012 IMO.[2]

Chávez Sarmiento is currently a graduate student in mathematics at Harvard University.

See also

References
  1. "Peru won four silver and two bronze medals in International Math Olympiad". Living in Peru. July 22, 2009. Archived from the original on July 23, 2009.
  2. "International Mathematical Olympiad". www.imo-official.org.


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