IPhO 2004
Richard's IPhO Diary
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The Squad
The British delegation consisted of a total of 10 people: 5 contestants, 2 leaders and 3 observers. There was also our guide, Kim Jeong-Eun (Korean family names come first - her name was Jeong-Eun (she's the one in the red t-shirt). I obviously spent most of my time with the other contestants, so here's a bit about them, along with some suitably embarrasing photos:

GBR-1: Richard Bowman

He was allright, i suppose. Not the smartest in the team but he had a good time anyway. (This one's me). He did, however, get on the 9 o'clock news on KBS1!!

GBR-2: Janek Kolodynski

He's the only one doing Physics (Natural Science) at Cambridge. Janek was my room-mate for the competition, so i got to know him fairly well. He's Polish, so he was good friends with the polish team as well, and also has a very cool accent.

GBR-3: Adam Newgas

The highest scorer of the team, Adam got a silver medal for his efforts in the exams. He also had the great idea to continue on in Korea for a while after the competition, so he went touring around Korea and Japan. If only the whole team had thought to do that...

GBR-4: Andrew Simons

Andrew also did well, winning an honourable mention. He's doing the same course as me, so I am sure I will see more of him over the next few years. Oh yes, and I should say this just to embarrass him...he was "the cute one" according to our guide...

GBR-5: Charles Strickland-Constable

Charles was, like the others, a lot of fun. The Korean guides were all amused by his long hair, and it was the source of much amusement (like this). He scored a bronze medal in the competition, and got into Trinity to do maths without being in the maths olympiad team...both very impressive.