Success for the Czech team we supported at the International Linguistics Olympiad in Taiwan

At the end of July, the International Linguistics Olympiad took place in Taiwan – and with our support, a Czech team was there. Every member came home with an individual award.

Valerie Kopsová from Gymnázium Josefa Ressela in Chrudim earned a silver medal, Anna Matiášková from Gymnázium Turnov and Martin Bryja from Gymnázium Brno, Kapitána Jaroše, each took bronze, and Veronika Havlová from Gymnázium Na Vítězné Pláni in Prague received an honorable mention. They succeeded in a field of 228 participants from 43 countries.

The team was made up of top contestants from the Czech Linguistics Olympiad – a competition for high school students that combines language, logic, and computer science. It develops analytical thinking and skills in working with linguistic data, without requiring prior knowledge of linguistics or foreign languages. This year, we supported the competition with a grant of CZK 200,000.

We warmly congratulate the students, organizers, and volunteers from the Czech Linguistics Olympiad and the ČLOvěci association on a great year and its outstanding conclusion.