Colin Smeets

Colin Smeets is a Dutch secondary-school pupil at Stanislascollege Westplantsoen in Delft. He was selected for the Netherlands team at the 67th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO 2026) and earned an honourable mention with 12 points. He had earlier placed in the Benelux Mathematical Olympiad and the Dutch Mathematical Olympiad, and won the 2025 Kangaroo maths competition at his school.

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• Member of the Netherlands team at the 67th IMO (2026), one of six pupils selected; earned an honourable mention with 12 points (3 + 1 + 0 + 7 + 1 + 0 across the six problems).Jul 2026
• Scored 12 points (34.1% of maximum) at IMO 2026, in the Netherlands team's stronger half, indicating a solid national-level performer rather than a medal contender.Jul 2026
• Team-mates on the NL IMO 2026 squad were Roel Alkemade, Lisa Meij, Tobias Piet, Boaz Brouwer and Josiah 't Hart; Piet took bronze, the others honourable mentions.Jul 2026
• At the time of the IMO he was 16 and in 5 vwo at Stanislascollege Westplantsoen in Delft, so a 2027 or 2028 secondary-school cohort.Jun 2026
• Placed in the 2025 Benelux Mathematical Olympiad with 5 points for the Dutch team, an earlier stepping stone toward IMO selection.2025
• Winner at Stanislascollege Westplantsoen in the 2025 W4Kangoeroe (Kangaroo) competition with 130 points.2025