Romania comes in fourth at International Olympiad in AI with 8 medals

10 August 2026 Romania ranked fourth in the world at the International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence (IOAI), held between 2 and 8 August in Astana, Kazakhstan, after all eight students in its delegation managed to win medals. In total, the Romanian team won three gold, two silver, and three bronze medals in a competition that brought together contestants from 108 countries and territories, according to one of the coordinators of the Romanian team, Robert Mihai Colca. The three gold medals were won by David Georgescu from the “Constantin Diaconovici Loga” National College in Timișoara, Alexandru Thury-Burileanu from the “Mircea cel Bătrân” National College in Constanța, and Roland Petrean from the “Silvania” National College in Zalău. The silver medals were obtained by Mihnea-Teodor S