José Javier Quintana Rodríguez, winner of the Navarra Biology Olympiad 2022
The test held at the School of Science and was attended by 105 students from 22 schools
FotoManuel Castells<br>/Elena Lozano Roche, José Javier Quintana Rodríguez y Alejandro Monroy Ostivar, premiados en la fase autonómica de la Olimpiada de Biología.
09 | 03 | 2022
José Javier Quintana Rodríguez, a sophomore in the high school diploma IES Sancho III El Mayor in Tafalla, has won the regional round of the Biology Olympiad. The test was held at the School of Science at the University of Navarra last Saturday, February 12, 105 students from 22 schools in the region participated.
The second best result went to Alejandro Monroy Ostivar, from IES Ribera del Arga (Peralta), and third place went to Elena Lozano Roche, a student at high school Maristas de Pamplona.
In addition, the following students received special mentions for their outstanding participation: Alejandra Domínguez Calonge (IES Basoko), Daniel Alberdi Elizalde (IES Sierra de Leyre), Meriem Rouidjali Adoul (IES Padre Moret-Irubide), Nicolet Yordanoba Tachova (IES Padre Moret-Irubide), Andrea Urdánoz Martínez (Liceo Monjardín), and Laura Vázquez Remírez (IES Basoko). The submission took place on Monday, March 7, and was attended by representatives from the School of Science the University of Navarra and the high school of Biologists of Navarra.
The schools and institutes participating in this regional phase were high school Claret Larraona, Jesuitas Pamplona, Luis Amigó, FEC Vedruna, IES Barañain, IES Basoko, IES Marqués de Villena, IES Navarro Villoslada, IES Padre Moret Irubide, IES Ribera del Arga, IES Sancho III El Mayor, IES Sierra de Leyre, IESNAPA Felix Urabayen, Irabia-Izaga, Liceo Monjardín, Maristas, Miravalles- El Redín, Nuestra Señora del Huerto, Sagrado Corazón, San Cernin, The British School of Navarra and Toki Ona BHI.
The top three will participate from 31 March to 3 April in the national phase of the Biology Olympiad organised by the University of Oviedo. The students who obtain the four best positions in the national test will opt for the international test , which this year will take place in Yerevan (Armenia) from 10 to 17 July 2022. On the other hand, those who come 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th in the national phase will be able to compete in the Ibero-American Biology Olympiad to be held in Peru, date to be defined.