Team Singapore Tops IBO 2012!

Congratulations to Team Singapore for obtaining the maximum four Gold Medals at the 23rd International Biology Olympiad (IBO), held in Singapore from 8th to 15th July 2012! Mr Nol Swaddiwudhipong is the top Gold medalist in the 23rd IBO, the third time since Singapore began participating that we have secured this honour. Mr Nol Swaddiwudhipong, Ms Zhang Hui Ting and Ms Mao Haitong of Raffles Institution; and Mr Lim Yuan Wei of Hwa Chong Institution were originally shortlisted based on their excellent performance at the Singapore Biology Olympiad, and then selected after a rigorous training and selection process, cooordinated by SIBiol, to represent Singapore. This was supported by the Ministry of Education, Singapore, and undertaken by professors from the National University of Singapore, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, as well as participants from past-IBOs.