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14 students from Madrid, among the winners of the prizes awarded by the Ministry of Education for the Scientific Olympics

07/11/2025
  • The talent of 71 ESO and Baccalaureate students in seven disciplines has been recognized: Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, Geology, Economics and Informatics

A total of 71 students of 3rd and 4th year of ESO and 1st and 2nd year of Baccalaureate received this Friday at the National Library, in Madrid, the national awards of the Scientific Olympics 2025 and the recognition of the Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sports for their successes in the international and Ibero-American phases of these competitions.

Every year, thousands of students from all over the country compete in the autonomous phases of the Scientific Olympics, which give access to national competition in the subjects of Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, Geology, Economics and Informatics.

The event was chaired by the Secretary of State for Education, Abelardo de la Rosa, and the General Director of Educational Planning and Management, Susana Tejadillos, who congratulated the students and reiterated the Ministry's support for these competitions. “I hope that this opportunity will contribute to increasing your curiosity to continue discovering, and that it will give you the impulse to pursue that this world, which is changing faster and faster, is better,” said De la Rosa.

Among the winners, 12 students have attended who have listened to the motivating words of Rocío García Rubio, director of the Galileo program at Thales Alenia Space Spain and mentor in the STEM Talent Girl program, who has encouraged them to break the gender stereotypes that limit the promotion of talent in these disciplines.

We must highlight the participation of the Valencian Community, which, in this call, has won fifteen medals in the national phases of the different disciplines, being the most awarded autonomous community, followed by Madrid and Catalonia.

The event was attended by representatives of the scientific societies of the different disciplines, as well as family members of the students. The winners have received, in addition to the recognition, prizes worth 500, 750 and 1,000 euros, depending on the category.

Among the winners, there are 14 students from the Community of Madrid: Diego Ortiz Torés (2nd Baccalaureate) who has stayed 3rd in Biology; Marcos Camacho López (2nd Baccalaureate) 4th in Biology; Iván Aguilera Rollón (3º ESO) 8º in Mathematics; Alejandro Gómez-Olano Espluga (2nd Baccalaureate) 10th in Mathematics; Rafael Arroyo Hermoso 8th in Chemistry; Sofía Sorlí González (2nd Baccalaureate) A in Physics; Rodrigo Nieto Petinal (1st Baccalaureate) 6th in Computer Science; Antonio Laso González (1st of Baccalaureate) 1st in Mathematics; Pablo Arroyo Lomas (4th ESO) 5th in Mathematics; Feiya Chen B in Chemistry; Jaime Sacristan Rufilanchas (2nd Baccalaureate) 1º in Economics; Thaylor Samuel Xavier López (2nd Baccalaureate) 2nd in Economics; Manuel Giraldo Sagredo (2nd Baccalaureate) 6th in Economics, and Marcos García Sanz (2nd Baccalaureate) 9th in Economics.