The previous winners were Andrew McMurry and Kevin McGerty. Angus Rodgers from the Royal Belfast Academic Institute won a Bronze medal in 1971 representing the United Kingdom. The 1998 team received sponsorship from Deloitte and Touche . The 1999 International Mathematical Olympiad was held in Bucharest, Romania from Saturday 10th July to Thursday 22nd July. Raja Mukherji won a Bronze medal for the second successive year.
Raja is the first Irish student to participate in three Olympiads and the first to win two medals.
Raja also participated in the International Chemistry Olympiad in Thailand immediately prior to going to Romania, where he won a Silver medal. Richard Borcherds won a Silver medal in 1977 and a Gold Medal in 1978. Tim Gowers won a Gold Medal in 1981. This page is maintained by Gordon Lessells, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Limerick.