RI students grab silvers, bronze medals

RI students grab silvers, bronze medals

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Indonesian students grabbed two silvers and one bronze in the
16th Olympiad in Informatics that ended on Saturday in Athens,
Greece.

The event, which ran from Sept. 11 to Sept. 18, was attended
by 300 students from 80 countries.

The silvers went to David Santoso Anggakusuma of Tarakanita 2
private senior high school in Jakarta and Derianto Kusuma of
Kanisius private senior high school, also in Jakarta.

The sole bronze was won by Andrian Kurniady of Sang Timur
senior high school in Jakarta.

Another Indonesian team member, Roberto Eliantoro Adiseputra
of Kolese St. Joseph senior high school in Malang, East Java, was
awarded an honorable citation in the event.

Paul Jeffreys of Great Britain topped the standings, scoring
565 out of a possible 600. Chinese students finished second and
third on 560 and 530 respectively.

David scored 375, Derianto got 365 and Andrian collected 345
points.

Indonesian team leader Fauzan Joko Sularto said Eliantoro fell
sick on the second day of the eight-day competition, but held on
to finish among the promising participants.

"I'm glad with their performance. They would have won three
gold medals if the organizers had not increased the standards of
the competition," Fauzan said.

He said the medal collection was the best an Indonesian
delegation had ever achieved in the competition.

"It proved that Indonesian students have managed to keep up
with their peers from other countries in informatics technology,"
Fauzan said.

He regretted, however, the fact that most education
institutions in the country remained unaware of the development
of informatics technology.

The Indonesian team is expected to arrive home on Monday at
around 6 p.m.

It will be business as usual for Fauzan upon arrival as he
will prepare for the selection of Indonesian students who will
don the national colors at the 17th Olympiad in Poland next year.