Ömer Cerrahoğlu (born 3 May 1995) is a Romanian child prodigy in mathematics. At the age of , he won a gold medal at the 2009 International Mathematical Olympiad, making him the third-youngest gold medalist in IMO history, behind Terence Tao and Raúl Chávez Sarmiento. Early life and education He was born in Istanbul, Turkey to a Romanian mother and a Turkish father and when he was five years old, he moved with his family to Baia Mare, Romania. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in June 2018, where he studied computer science. Career In 2017, he participated in the 78th William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition as a student of MIT and earned a Putnam Fellowship. Since his victory in 2009, he won three more silver medals at the 2010, 2011 and 2013 IMO's missing the gold by only 1, 2 and 1 points, respectively, and one more gold medal at the IMO 2012 in Argentina. See also List of child prodigies List of International Mathematical Olympiad participants References External links 1995 births Living people International Mathematical Olympiad participants Romanian people of Turkish descent Romanian Muslims Romanian expatriates in the United States Putnam Fellows