Astronomy Olympiads

International Olympiad of Astronomy and Astrophysics

International Olympiad of Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) is an annual event for highly performed high school students from all around the world. Established in Thailand 2006, it was initiated by five countries including Thailand, Indonesia, Iran, China and Poland with the aim to proliferate Astronomy among high school students, to foster friendship among young astronomers at international level so as to build cooperation in the field of Astronomy in the future among the young scholars.
Some of the countries which have ever hosted IOAA are Thailand in 2007, Indonesia in 2008, Iran in 2009, China in 2010, Poland in 2011, Brazil in 2012, Greece in 2013, Romania in 2014, Indonesia in 2015, and India in 2016. Phuket, Thailand hosted IOAA in 2017.
The number of participating countries has significantly increased since its initiation; from 20 countries at its outset to 45 countries in 2017.
The first president of IOAA is Assoc. Prof. Boonrucksar Soonthornthum and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Chatief Kunjaya from Indonesia as Secretary General. The election for the President and Secretary General is regularly conducted in 5 years term. After the election in India 2016, Dr. Gregorz Stachowski from Poland is currently enacting as President of the organization and Dr. Aniket Sule from India as the Secretary General for 2017 to 2021.
The stages in the competition comprise of four rounds of theory test, observation, data management and team competition. The awardingof medals will be decided upon the scoring on theory test, observation and data management, while team competition will determine the awardee of the best team of IOAA.
Statutes of  International Olympiad of Astronomy and Astrophysics:
http://ioaa2015.org/assets/statutes-ioaa-2013.pdf
Syllabus of  International Olympiad of Astronomy and Astrophysics:

Analysis of the results of the IOAA
N IOAA
Gold medals
Silver medals
Bronze medals
HM
Total  participants
G+S+B/ Total
%
G+S+B + HM/Total%
1 IOAA
I dont have data
I dont have data
I dont have data
I dont have data
88


2 IOAA
10
11
17
31
90
42%
77%
3 IOAA
12
21
12
21
93
48%
71%
4 IOAA
15
30
27
17
117
61.5%
76%
5 IOAA
10
18
33
29
140
44%
64%
6 IOAA
19
27
31
31
150
51%
72%
7 IOAA
15
31
43
35
182
49%
68%
8 IOAA
15
39
39
35
196
47%
65%
9 IOAA
12
26
36
50
208
36%
60%
10 IOAA
14
28
50
48
221
41%
63%
11 IOAA
10
22
35
45
210
32%
53%

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