Zhuo Qun Song

Song was born in Tianjin, China in 1997. He and his parents moved to Canada in 2002. Song was interested in mathematics at a very young age where he started participating in competitions in first grade. By fourth grade, Song was participating in competitions such as the Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge and the American Mathematics Competitions. In fifth grade, Song became interested in solving Olympiad type questions and started training to solve them. In 2011, Song moved to the United States to attend Phillips Exeter Academy. == International Mathematical Olympiad ==

In 2010, when Song was in the seventh grade, he represented Vincent Massey Secondary School in the Canadian Mathematical Olympiad where he finished first place. In the same year, Song represented Canada in the 2010 IMO where he won a bronze medal. The performances made Song the most decorated contestant of all time. In 2015, Song was also one of the twelve top scorers of the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad, representing Phillips Exeter Academy. Results == Post-IMO ==

Song graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 2015. During his time at Princeton, Song was part of the team that participated in the Putnam Competition. His team won second place in 2016 and third place in 2017. Song interned as a trader at Jane Street Capital during the summers of 2017 and 2018. Song was previously a Quantitative Researcher at Citadel LLC. As of 2022, he is a graduate student at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign. He also has been lead coach for the Canadian IMO team since 2020. == See also ==