Humberto Jiménez Alvarado

Costa Rican mathematician and data analyst. Represented Costa Rica at the International Mathematical Olympiad in 2011, 2012 and 2013 (silver 2011, bronze 2012 and 2013). He has also trained high-school students for OLCOMA (Costa Rican Mathematics Olympiads) for international competitions, and currently works in Business Intelligence / data analysis at the Instituto Nacional de Seguros.

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• Won gold at the 26th Ibero-American Mathematics Olympiad (San Jose, Costa Rica, Sept 26-30 2011) as part of the Costa Rican team alongside Oscar Arguedas (silver), Santiago Chaves and Tomas Calderon (bronze).Oct 2011
• Pivoted from competitive mathematics into an applied career: actuarial science (UCR) and computer engineering (TEC), now a data analyst / business intelligence at the Instituto Nacional de Seguros, based in Cartago.2024
• Coaches secondary-school students for international math olympiads with OLCOMA, staying tied to the olympiad pipeline he came up through.2024
• His 2011 IMO silver (22 pts) is followed by bronze in 2012 and 2013, a downward medal trend across his three consecutive IMO appearances even as Costa Rica's overall team results improved in 2012.Jul 2013