Yoav Katz

Yoav Katz is an Israeli competitive programmer who represented Israel at the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) 2021, winning a bronze medal. In the 2021 Olympiad he scored 275/600, placing 95th overall and 73.22% by relative rank among 351 contestants. He competed as a 12th-grade student at Blich High School in Ramat Gan. He went on to study Mathematics and Computer Science at Tel Aviv University (BSc), and remains active in competitive programming under the Codeforces handle yoka255. He returned to IOI in 2023 as a guest delegation member for Israel.

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• Won a bronze medal for Israel at IOI 2021 with a score of 275/600, ranking 95th in absolute terms and 73.22% relative among 351 contestants.Jun 25, 2021
• Competed at IOI 2021 as a 12th-grade student at Blich High School in Ramat Gan.Jun 26, 2021
• Part of a strong 2021 Israeli cohort: Yehuda Edri and Gonen Gazit took silver, Katz and Lior Yehezkeli took bronze, placing Israel 5th overall.Jun 26, 2021
• Returned to IOI in 2023 as a Guest member of the Israeli delegation (stats.ioinformatics.org), signaling continued connection to the national olympiad program.Jan 1, 2023
• Undergraduate study in Mathematics and Computer Science at Tel Aviv University (BSc), begun 2021, per his LinkedIn profile.Jan 1, 2021
• Active on Codeforces under the handle yoka255, tracked by the Competitive Programming Hall of Fame (cphof.org), with IOI 2021 recorded as his headline result.Jun 25, 2021