Fourth in the world
The 2025 olympiad, held in Prishtina, Kosovo, produced her best result. The official scoreboard records 7, 7, 1, 7, 7, 7 across the six problems: five complete solutions, one point on the third, and a total of 36 that placed her fourth in the individual standings.
Problem three is usually the hardest of the first paper, and a competitor who takes seven on the sixth problem — the other designated killer — while dropping the third has not simply run out of time. She solved what most of the field could not, and lost her points on the one question she could not crack in four and a half hours.
Three golds in three years
In 2024, at Tskaltubo in Georgia, she scored 36 for a gold medal and sixth place: 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 1. In 2026, at Bordeaux, she scored 28 — 7, 5, 4, 5, 7, 0 — and finished eighth, again with gold.
The 2026 paper was evidently a harder one. Her score fell by eight points while her rank moved only two places, which is the signature of a paper that compressed the whole field rather than of a competitor who declined. The same scoreboard shows Romania's Aida Mitroi taking gold in tenth place on 26 points — a total that a year earlier would not have reached the top ten at all.
What EGMO is
The European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad runs on the IMO model: six problems over two days, each marked out of seven, a maximum of 42, national teams of four. It was founded to widen the pipeline into elite mathematics, where girls have been persistently underrepresented at national team level. The problems are set to the same standard, and the marking is as unforgiving.
Despite the name it is not confined to Europe. Australia appears on the scoreboards as an invited nation, which means Li has been competing against the strongest teams on the continent that has dominated olympiad mathematics for decades.
Consistency as the achievement
Anyone can have one good morning. Three golds in three consecutive years, on three different papers set by three different problem committees, is evidence of a trained and general capability rather than of a favourable draw.
The scoreboards make that measurable: 36 points, 36 points, 28 points, and ranks of sixth, fourth and eighth. No year in which she fell out of the top ten; no problem set that caught her out completely. Three problem committees tried three different ways to separate the field, and she finished above nearly all of it each time.
What is documented — and what is not
Documented by the official EGMO scoreboards: gold medals in 2024, 2025 and 2026; totals of 36, 36 and 28; ranks of sixth, fourth and eighth; and her problem-by-problem scores in each year.
Not documented in these sources: her age, her birth year, her school, her state, her coaches and her plans. The scoreboards publish names, countries, scores and medals, and this page adds nothing that they do not contain.
| Person | Country | Milestone | Age / Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amber Li | Australia | Three consecutive EGMO gold medals | — |
| Junghun Ju | South Korea | A perfect score at the International Mathematical Olympiad | — |
| Aida Mitroi | Romania | Three consecutive EGMO gold medals | — |
| Laura Nan | Australia | Six problems, seven points each, nothing dropped: Laura Nan's perfect EGMO | — |
| Alisa Volkova | Russia | She solved five of the six problems outright and finished twelfth in the w | — |
What is documented — and what is not
✓ Documented
- She won EGMO gold in 2024, 2025 and 2026 for Australia.
- She scored 36 points for sixth place in 2024 and 36 points for fourth place in 2025.
- She scored 28 points for eighth place in Bordeaux in 2026.
- Her problem-by-problem scores are published on the official EGMO scoreboards.
? Unverified, disputed or wrong
- Her age, birth year and school.
- Her coaching and training route.
- Whether she has competed at other olympiads.
- Her university plans.
Questions people ask about Amber Li
What has Amber Li won?
Gold medals at the European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad in 2024, 2025 and 2026, competing for Australia.
What was her best result?
Fourth in the world in 2025, with 36 points out of 42 at the olympiad in Prishtina.
How old is Amber Li?
The EGMO scoreboards do not publish ages, and the sources used here give none.
Why does Australia compete at a European olympiad?
EGMO invites teams from outside Europe, and Australia appears on its scoreboards as one of them.
How is EGMO scored?
Six problems over two days, each marked out of seven, for a maximum of 42 points.
Did her results get worse in 2026?
Her score fell from 36 to 28, but her rank moved only from fourth to eighth and she still took gold — the pattern of a harder paper rather than a weaker performance.
Is Amber Li on Wikipedia?
The research record finds no article under her name. Her results are published on the official EGMO scoreboards.
What is EGMO for?
It runs on the IMO model and was created to broaden the route into elite competitive mathematics, where girls have been underrepresented on national teams.
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Sources
- EGMO 2024 scoreboard — European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad, 2024-04
- EGMO 2025 scoreboard — European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad, 2025-04
- EGMO 2026 (Bordeaux) scoreboard — European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad, 2026-04
Checked by the Geniuses.club editorial team. Ages are given as of September 2026.
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