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António Luís Evangelista and Daniela Silva Ferraz will represent the twelfth grade students from Francisco Franco Secondary School, Portugal in the International Olympics in Astronomy and Astronomical Physics (IOAA) 2025, which will be held in Mumbai, India, between 11 and 21 August.
These two final contestants “by Francisco Franco” Olympic Rehabilitation “, after their arrival, in a row, included second and third place in the Astronomy Olympics 2025, which was held on May 2 in the Villa De Gaia’s biological park.
The National Astronomy Olympics Final joined the nine students with the best performance in the national qualifiers who had to respond individually to three tests: one theory; One of the data and monitoring analysis with a heavenly message.
In order to prepare their Olympic participation in the representation of Portugal, these students will attend “training” over the Internet in the coming months. They will also have a face to prepare the facade in Braga, and lasts three days at the end of July.
In addition to António Luís Evangelista and Danielaa Da Silva Ferraz, Francisco Franco Secondary School was also a participation from Affonso Geraldes Silva, which was sixth in the national final.
It should be noted that among the nine final students in the 2025 Astronomy Olympics were three students from Francisco Franco.
Claudia Costa, a physicist and chemistry teacher, coordinated and supervised the dynamics of these Olympic Games with Francisco Franco’s high school students. On the trip to the Nova de Gaaya Villa, students from Francisco Franco were accompanied by physics and chemistry teacher, Theresa Nevis for the impossibility of the coordinator.