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{{Infobox organization
| name = Angola at the International Mathematical Olympiad
| image = Flag_of_Angola.svg
| caption = [[Flag of Angola]]
| formation = {{start date and age|2019}}
| region = Angola
| language = Portuguese
| key_people = Gabriel Boaventura
}}[[Angola]] began to participate at the [[International Mathematical Olympiad]] in 2019,<ref>{{Citation|last=Ministerio de Educación y Cultura|title=Orden de 19 de octubre de 1998 por la que se regula la organización y funcionamiento de las Olimpiadas de Matemáticas, Física y Química|date=1998-12-02|url=https://www.boe.es/eli/es/o/1998/10/19/(3)|issue=Orden|pages=39537–39538|access-date=2022-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia|title=Orden de 4 de febrero de 1988 por la que se crea la Comisión Coordinadora de la Participación Española en las Olimpiadas Matemáticas Internacionales|date=1988-02-09|url=https://www.boe.es/eli/es/o/1988/02/04/(1)|issue=Orden|pages=4232–4233|access-date=2022-05-11}}</ref> and has competed just once since then.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Press|first=Europa|date=2020-09-28|title=Dos medallas de plata y cuatro de bronce para España en la Olimpiada Matemática|url=https://www.europapress.es/ciencia/noticia-espana-alza-dos-medallas-plata-cuatro-bronce-olimpiada-internacional-matematica-20200928105933.html|access-date=2022-05-11|website=www.europapress.es}}</ref>

== History ==
Although Angola organized Mathematical Olympiads since the 2010s,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mathematics contests in Huambo province: a pedagogical model for their development|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=es&user=6Qrda6oAAAAJ&citation_for_view=6Qrda6oAAAAJ:Tyk-4Ss8FVUC|access-date=2022-05-11|website=scholar.google.com|quote=Mathematics competitions, Mathematics Olympiads, have been held in Angola since 2010.}}</ref> obtaining excellent results,<ref>{{Citation|last=Székely|first=Gábor J.|title=Results of the Contests|date=1996|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0733-7_2|work=Contests in Higher Mathematics|series=Problem Books in Mathematics |pages=49–53|place=New York, NY|publisher=Springer New York|doi=10.1007/978-1-4612-0733-7_2 |isbn=978-1-4612-6886-4|access-date=2022-05-11}}</ref> it was not until 2019 that he entered the International Mathematical Olympiad, following a proposal from RUDN.<ref>{{Cite web|title=RUDN is developing the Olympiad movement in Angola|url=https://eng.rudn.ru/media/news/international-cooperation/rudn-is-developing-the-olympiad-movement-in-angola/|access-date=2022-05-11|website=eng.rudn.ru}}</ref> During the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Angola]], they did not participate, but they are scheduled to participate in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-04-24|title=Zaire selects nine students for Mathematics Olympiads|url=https://angolantimes.com/2022/04/24/zaire-selects-nine-students-for-mathematics-olympiads/|access-date=2022-05-11|website=Angolan Times|language=en-US}}</ref>

Angola participates in the Lusophone Olympiad for Portuguese-speaking countries,<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Baker|first1=Liam|last2=Labuschagne|first2=Phil|last3=Katende|first3=James|last4=Kariv|first4=Jonathan|last5=Weitbrecht|first5=Jessica|last6=Aloui|first6=Karam|date=2022-04-07|title=Mathematical competitions in Africa: their prevalence and relevance to students and teachers|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s11858-022-01347-5|journal=ZDM – Mathematics Education|pages=1–16 |language=en|doi=10.1007/s11858-022-01347-5|issn=1863-9704|pmc=8988107|pmid=35411210}}</ref> with Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and Sao Tome and Principe.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Coimbra|first1=Universidade de|last2=Coimbra|first2=Universidade de|title=Department of Mathematics|url=https://www.uc.pt/en/fctuc/dmat/noticias/ResultadosOMCPLP|access-date=2022-05-11|website=Department of Mathematics|language=en}}</ref> It also participates at the Pan-African Mathematics Olympiad, with 14 other countries.<ref>{{Cite web|last=News|first=Michael Sauers-Morocco World|title=Morocco Takes Gold at the 28th Pan-African Mathematics Olympiad|url=https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2021/05/342635/morocco-takes-gold-at-the-28th-pan-african-mathematics-olympiad|access-date=2022-05-11|website=www.moroccoworldnews.com|language=en}}</ref> It has no medals no honourable mentions.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Santiago|first=Paulo Vitor da Silva|date=2021|title=Olimpíada Internacional de Matemática: situações didáticas olímpicas no ensino de geometria plana|url=http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/61842|language=pt-BR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Gerdes|first=Paulus|date=2002-03-01|title=Mathematical communities|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03024614|journal=The Mathematical Intelligencer|language=en|volume=24|issue=2|pages=26–29|doi=10.1007/BF03024614|s2cid=124158373 |issn=0343-6993}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Participating countries of the International Mathematical Olympiad]]