Олександр КузьменкоThat's Life
2 August 2026, 10:13
2026-08-02
For the first time in the history of EJOI, Ukraine co-organized the Olympiad in Informatics and won six awards
The Ukrainian team won two silver medals, three bronze medals and one certificate of merit at the European Junior Olympiad in Informatics (EJOI 2026), which took place from July 24 to 30 in Kaunas (Lithuania). For the first time in the history of the EJOI, two countries — Lithuania and Ukraine — acted as co-organizers of the competition. Thanks to this partnership, Ukraine was able to field an expanded roster of eight participants instead of the standard four.
The Ukrainian team won two silver medals, three bronze medals and one certificate of merit at the European Junior Olympiad in Informatics (EJOI 2026), which took place from July 24 to 30 in Kaunas (Lithuania). For the first time in the history of the EJOI, two countries — Lithuania and Ukraine — acted as co-organizers of the competition. Thanks to this partnership, Ukraine was able to field an expanded roster of eight participants instead of the standard four.
This was reported by the website of the Federation of Olympiad Programming «All-Ukrainian Olympiads in Informatics». In total, 100 young programmers from 25 European countries took part in the competition.
Following the results of the performances in the official Ukrainian national team, silver awards were won by 8th grade student of Lviv Lyceum No. 52 Benedikt Kvasnytsia and 10th grade student of the «Boyko Author’s School» Maksym Bondarenko. Bronze medals were won by 10th grade student of Khmelnytsky Lyceum No. 17 Ilya Denisyuk and 10th grade student of Kryvyi Rih Lyceum No. 129 Denis Ilyenkov.
The results were also demonstrated by the participants of the unofficial team. The bronze medal was won by Oleksiy Syvak, a 10th grade student of the Lviv Physics and Mathematics Lyceum, and Oleksandr Chernysh, a 9th grade student of the Kharkiv Lyceum No. 47, received a certificate of merit. Leonid Tuz (Ukrainian Physics and Mathematics Lyceum) and Artem Javakhishvili (Kremenchuk Lyceum «Polit») also took part in the competition.
The European Junior Olympiad in Informatics is an annual international tournament for schoolchildren who are under 15 years old on December 31 of the academic year. The aim of the event is to popularize the IT sector, encourage young people’s interest in programming, and stimulate the development of IT talent across Europe.
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