Biography of Tina Turkman, the second best girl in the world in the World Math Olympiad (+ pictures)
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Name: Tina
Surname: Turkman
Born: 1360
Birthplace: Tehran
Education: PhD in pure mathematics
Iranian nationality
Biography of Tina Turkman
Tina Turkman was born in the 60s in Tehran.
Education of Tina Turkman
Tina Turkman He studied mathematics at Sharif University of Technology in Tehran and obtained a doctorate in pure mathematics from Harvard University.
Tina Turkman, Iranian mathematicianEducation records of Tina Turkman
Tina Turkman is known as one of the country's mathematical elites, who was selected as the second best girl in the world in the 54th World Mathematical Olympiad in 2012. In the 22nd edition of the 2015 World Student Mathematics Competition in Bulgaria, he was able to win the gold medal of the Mathematics Olympiad.
Among the top ten teams in the world, the students who are members of the National Mathematics Olympiad team were able to win 2 gold medals, 3 silver medals and 1 bronze medal and beat all European countries.
From July 27 to August 6, the 54th World Mathematical Olympiad was held in Santa Marta, Colombia, where people including Alek Badroya and Aref Sadeghi won gold medals, Mohammad Javad Shabani, Mahan Tanehkar and Tina Turkman won silver medals and Seyed Mohammad Hossein Seyed Salehi won the bronze medal and the Iranian team took the 10th place in the world.
The countries of China, South Korea, and the United States were able to achieve the first to third positions in this tournament, and Tina Turkman won the title of the second best girl in the world by scoring 28 points in this tournament.
Iranians who have received a doctorate in mathematics from Harvard University so far
So far, apart from Turkman, 4 other Iranians have received doctorates from Harvard's pure mathematics department:
– Farshid Jamshidian (1980)
– Pirouz Vakili (1988)
– Maryam Mirzakhani (2004)
– Ali Akbar Daemi (2014)
– Tina Turkman (2023)
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