Nazar Azizbekovich Kirgizbaev

First IMO gold medalist in Kyrgyzstan's history (IMO 2024, Bath, 29 pts) and silver medalist at IMO 2025 (29 pts). Also a silver (IZhO 2024) and bronze (IZhO 2025) medalist at the International Zhautykov Olympiad. Bishkek-based; graduate of Secondary School No. 61, A-Level student at Maarif Educational Complex, and an incoming MIT student (Class of 2030) for applied mathematics.

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• Accepted to MIT on a $385,000 scholarship for applied mathematics (Early Action results published Dec 17, 2025); fourth Kyrgyz national math team member admitted to MIT, after Tilek Askerbekov, Eldar Iskanderov and Isken Kenjebaev.Dec 24, 2025
• Kyrgyzstan's first-ever IMO gold medalist - gold at IMO 2024 in Bath (29 pts, 47th/609), then silver at IMO 2025 (29 pts, 119th/630).Jul 2024
• Strong Problem 4/Problem 5 specialist across both IMO years (full marks on P4 and P5 in 2024 and 2025), with P3 the consistent weak point (0 then 1).Jul 2025
• Trained by Mamat Ishmatov, head coach and director of the Kyrgyz national mathematics team; team leaders at IMO were Timur Mambetov (2024) and Makhamadkhan Ishmatov (2025).Dec 24, 2025
• Graduate of Secondary School No. 61 in Bishkek and studied Cambridge A-Level at the Maarif Educational Complex in Bishkek.Dec 24, 2025