Thirty-eight out of forty-two
The official EGMO 2024 scoreboard records Aino Aulanko of Finland on 38 points out of 42, ranked joint second overall, with a gold medal. She shares the placing and the score with Cloris Xu of Australia.
One contestant finished above them: Hannah Fox of the United States, on 41. Three marks separate first from joint second, which on a paper of six proof problems marked out of seven apiece can amount to a single unfinished case in a single argument.
The shape of the paper
EGMO sets six problems, each marked out of seven. The maximum is 42, and the scoreboard's structure makes the marking visible: full sevens appear repeatedly against individual problems across the table, while totals close to the ceiling are scarce.
That is because the paper rewards complete arguments, not answers. Partial credit follows the progress of a proof, so a contestant who sees the key idea for a hard problem and writes it out properly can outscore one who makes headway on several and finishes none. Consistency across all six is what produces a total in the high thirties.
A small country near the top
The 2024 scoreboard lists roughly fifty participating countries, most fielding teams of four, which puts the field at around two hundred contestants, every one of them selected through a national process. Finland is among the smallest of the mathematical powers represented.
Against that backdrop, a joint-second finish is an outlier result rather than a national trend, and the scoreboard records it without comment. The competition is named for Europe but not restricted to it: the contestant who finished first came from the United States, and the one who shared second place with Aulanko came from Australia.
What a gold medal means here
Olympiad medals are awarded by score band rather than by fixed rank, so a gold indicates that a contestant reached the highest tier of a paper written to defeat the best school-age mathematicians in the world. There is no reference material, no calculator that helps, and no partial answer that substitutes for a proof.
Two hundred contestants sat that paper in Tskaltubo. Two of them, from Finland and Australia, finished on 38 points and shared second place in the world. It is the kind of result that ends up in a national federation's annual report and, in most cases, nowhere else.
What is documented — and what is not
The firm facts come from the olympiad's own scoreboard: 38 points out of 42, joint second overall, a gold medal, the 2024 edition, the host city of Tskaltubo in Georgia, and the names above and alongside her. Results published by the organisation that ran the competition are the most reliable evidence available for records of this kind.
Everything personal is missing. No age, date of birth, school, home town or photograph appears in the source, and there is no interview, no statement from the Finnish team and no account of what she has done since. Whether she competed at other olympiads is not recorded on this page.
| Person | Country | Milestone | Age / Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aino Aulanko | Finland | Gold and joint second in the world, EGMO 2024 | — |
| Junghun Ju | South Korea | A perfect score at the International Mathematical Olympiad | — |
| Amber Li | Australia | Three consecutive EGMO gold medals | — |
| Aida Mitroi | Romania | Three consecutive EGMO gold medals | — |
| 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
- 38 points out of 42 at EGMO 2024, joint second overall, gold medal (official scoreboard)
- The 2024 olympiad was held in Tskaltubo, Georgia
- Hannah Fox of the United States finished first with 41 points
? Unverified, disputed or wrong
- No date of birth, age, school or home town in the source
- Exact totals for participating countries and contestants are approximate in the scoreboard as read
- No record of results at other olympiads or of anything after 2024
Questions people ask about Aino Aulanko
What did Aino Aulanko achieve at EGMO 2024?
She scored 38 out of 42, finished joint second in the world and won a gold medal for Finland.
Who scored higher?
Only Hannah Fox of the United States, with 41 points out of 42.
How old is Aino Aulanko?
No source in this record gives her age or date of birth. The scoreboard lists names, countries and scores only.
What is EGMO?
The European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad, a proof-based competition of six problems marked out of seven each, contested by national teams.
Is Aino Aulanko on Wikipedia?
No Wikipedia article was found for her. The official EGMO scoreboard is the primary published record.
How many contestants were there?
The scoreboard lists roughly fifty countries, most with teams of four, placing the field at about two hundred.
Where is Aino Aulanko now?
No source in this record states what she has done since 2024.
Did she share her placing?
Yes. Cloris Xu of Australia scored the same 38 points and shared joint second place.
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Sources
- EGMO 2024 scoreboard — European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad (official), 2024-04
Checked by the Geniuses.club editorial team. Ages are given as of September 2026.
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