Behind an Australian-American mathematician who has worked in various areas of mathematics and who else is a Romanian child prodigy in mathematics the third youngest gold medalist in IMO history ?
Ömer Cerrahoğlu 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. Since then, 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. He was born in Istanbul from a Romanian mother and a Turkish father and when he was 5 years old, he moved with his family in Baia Mare, Romania. He currently studies at MIT.
James McRae James McRae (born 27 June 1987) is an Australian world-champion, three time Olympian and Olympic medal winning rower. In the Australian men's quad scull he won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.