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Team Uganda - Mongolia 2026

King’s College Budo Students Earn Bronze, Merit Award at International Mathematics Competition in Mongolia!

Nsibirwa Sira Jeremiah earned a 3rd place Bronze medal and Talindeka Kiguba Jethro a Merit Award as Uganda's 13-student delegation competed among more than 1,000 student mathematicians from 46 countries in Ulaanbaatar.

WhereUlaanbaatar, Mongolia Reading time1 min ProgrammeIMC

Two students recognised on the international mathematics stage

King's College Budo's Nsibirwa Sira Jeremiah clinched a 3rd place Bronze medal at the 2026 International Mathematics Competition held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Talindeka Kiguba Jethro, also from King's College Budo, won a Merit Award at the same tournament.

The competition at a glance

A field of more than 1,000 student mathematicians

3rdBronze medal

Nsibirwa Sira Jeremiah

1,000+Student mathematicians

Across the international field

46Countries

Participating in the 2026 competition

Ugandan honours

Two King's College Budo students earned recognition

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Nsibirwa Sira Jeremiah

King's College Budo

3rd place Bronze medal

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Talindeka Kiguba Jethro

King's College Budo

Merit Award

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Team Uganda

13 students

Five Ugandan schools represented

Thirteen students represented five Ugandan schools

The competition brought together over 1000 elite student mathematicians from across 46 participating countries.

The Ugandan delegation comprised 13 students from King's College Budo, Gayaza High School, Uganda Martyrs Namugongo, Ndejje Senior Secondary and St. Mary's College, Kisubi. The team was selected through the Uganda Maths Contest and the Uganda National Science Olympiad competitions organised by the Uganda Maths Society and the Science Olympiad Foundation Uganda respectively.

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