Juan claims silver medal from Olympiad
Juan Rajagopal scored a highly impressive 53 out of 70 in the Junior Mathematical Olympiad, which put him in the top 50 entries from the 1,200 that qualified for the event.
The top 25 per cent of scorers that sat the paper received a Certificate of Distinction, the top 210 pupils were awarded a medal and only the top 50 were given a book prize.
The 13-year-old performed exceptionally well to achieve all three of these awards in order to be recognised with the silver medal, and he managed to successfully gain three perfect solutions to a series of difficult questions which left him just one mark shy of gold.
This is the latest in a long line of achievements for the pupil, who qualified for the competition after gaining a Gold certificate, Best in School and Best in Year 8 for his efforts in the UK Maths Trust Junior Challenge earlier this year.
He was also part of the Rydal Penrhos team that gained the Best in Wales crown at the UKMT Junior Maths Team Challenge, after winning the regional heat alongside Alicia Zhou, Baptiste Mazars, and Jerry Zhao.