Draft:The International Astronomy Olympiad

The International Astronomy Olympiad] (IAO) is an annual] astronomy educational event for 14-18 year olds from different countries, including an intellectual competition. But a exception happened in 2017, a boy from Bangladesh named Abdullah Al Junayed, aged 14, received Diploma I at the XXII International Astronomy Olympiad.

International Astronomy Olympiad is one of the international Olympiad for schoolchildren. One of the main tasks of the IAO is to attract talented young people around the globe to solve the problems of astronomy and natural sciences.

The Olympiad is held annually during the first two months of astronomical autumn at an observatory, scientific research centre (city) or institute of one of the participating countries. The Olympiad is held in 3 rounds: theoretical, observational and practical. The Olympiad is designed for schoolchildren of adolescence, when interest in astronomy is most actively developing. Then preparation for participation still represents useful and targeted training, without becoming an end in itself and a kind of training. This is the fundamental idea of the International Astronomy Olympiad.

Teams from Armenia, Bulgaria, Brazil, China, Crimea, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Moscow, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Thailand, Croatia, Czech Republic, Sweden, Ukraine, Estonia, United States of America participated in the International Astronomy Olympiads. While Estonia, Moscow and Crimea have separate teams.

Affiliated Olympiad: Asia-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad (APA).

Links

 * Official website of the International Astronomy Olympiad
 * Official website of the Asia-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad
 * Byjus's Post
 * Official website of XXII IAO
 * IAO in Alphapedia