All Polish girls won medals in the 3rd European Girls’ Olympiad in Informatics (EGOI 2023). 186 female participants from 52 countries participated in the competition. Poland shared first place with Ukraine (2 gold medals, 1 silver medal, and 1 bronze medal each). Each country could be represented by up to 4 female high school students.

EGOI 2023, Lund (Sweden)

Detailed results are here. Polish women’s results:

11. Paulina Zeleźnik from Wroclaw – gold medal (silver the year before),

16. Sylwia Sapkowska from Białystok – gold medal,

19. Zofia Krok from Szczecin – silver medal,

65. Maria Cichosz from Wroclaw – bronze medal.

2 chaperones accompanied the participants:

• Alicja Kluczek – a graduate of Warsaw University,
• Jadwiga Świerczyńska – gold medalist of the competition’s first edition and currently a student at the University of Wroclaw.

EGOI 2022, Antalya (Turkey)

162 female participants from 43 countries participated in the 2nd European Girls’ Olympiad in Informatics. The team classification was won by Ukraine (3 gold and 1 bronze) ahead of Poland and the USA (1 gold and 3 bronze each). Detailed results are here.

Polish women’s results:

10. Joanna Suwaj from Wroclaw – gold medal,

20. Julia Kędziorska from Bydgoszcz – silver medal,

22. Paulina Zeleźnik from Wroclaw – silver medal,

25. Wiktoria Rozkosz from Warsaw – silver medal (similar to the previous year).

Their supervisors were:

• Alicja Kluczek – a student at Warsaw University,
• Jadwiga Świerczyńska – gold medalist of the first edition of the competition (EGOI 2021), and currently a student at the University of Wroclaw.

You can read an account of the EGOI 2021 competition here. Poland won 2 gold medals, 1 silver medal, and 1 bronze medal. Detailed results are here.

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