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Yosuf Bakhit
Saudi school student; IMO contestant for Saudi Arabia (2024, 2025, 2026); 2026 silver medalist
Yanbu, Saudi Arabia · academicYosuf Bakhit (also spelled Yosuf Bakheet; reported in Saudi press as Yousef Ayman Bakhit) is a Saudi school student who has represented Saudi Arabia at the International Mathematical Olympiad three consecutive years. He won bronze at IMO 2024 in Bath (21 points, rank 182) and bronze at IMO 2025 in Sunshine Coast (26 points, rank 187), then silver at IMO 2026 in Shanghai (25 points, rank 105, 84.4%) as part of Saudi Arabia's record six-medal team. Earlier he competed at the 26th Junior Balkan Mathematical Olympiad (JBMO 2022) in Antalya, winning silver. Saudi press ties him to the Royal Commission for Education in Yanbu, and he trains within Mawhiba's International Olympiad Program.
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LocationYanbu, Saudi Arabia
Competitive mathematics
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- Part of Saudi Arabia's record haul at IMO 2026 in Shanghai (three silver, three bronze) - the Kingdom's best-ever IMO result; he was one of three silver medalists, suggesting he sits in the top tier of the national cohort.Jul 21, 2026
- Three IMO appearances (2024, 2025, 2026) on a rising arc: rank 182 -> 187 -> 105 and 70.3% -> 70.5% -> 84.4%, converting bronze, bronze, then silver - a late-developing competitor peaking at 16-18.Jul 2026
- Saudi press names the contestant 'Yousef Ayman Bakhit' of the Royal Commission for Education in Yanbu, tying him to Yanbu rather than the big Riyadh/Jeddah centers.
- Prepared through Mawhiba's (King Abdulaziz and His Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity) International Olympiad Program, selected from six students representing the Kingdom.Jul 21, 2026
- Competed at JBMO 2022 in Antalya (as 'Yosuf Bakheet', SAU4) at age ~13-14, winning silver with 30 points - placing him on the Saudi national pipeline roughly two years before his first IMO.Jun 2022
AchievementsIMO 2024 - Bronze medal (21 pts, rank 182, 70.3%) · IMO 2025 - Bronze medal (26 pts, rank 187, 70.5%) · IMO 2026 - Silver medal (25 pts, rank 105, 84.4%) · JBMO 2022 - Silver medal (30 pts, 26th Junior Balkan Mathematical Olympiad, Antalya)
Press
AwardsIMO 2026 Silver medal · IMO 2025 Bronze medal · IMO 2024 Bronze medal · JBMO 2022 Silver medal
Competition record
Saudi Arabia · IMO