Eyke Cardoso, from Ourilândia do Norte, overcame the distance from major centers, accumulated dozens of scientific awards, and is now preparing to represent Brazil in an international olympiad in Vietnam.
The student from Pará, Eyke Cardoso de Souza Torres, won a bronze medal at the 2026 European Physics Olympiad in Sweden, after scoring 15.10 points and matching the highest experimental score recorded by a Brazilian in the competition.
Originally from Ourilândia do Norte, in the south of Pará, Eyke competed in Gothenburg as a member of the Brazilian team. His most impressive performance was in the practical part, where he scored 9.70 points.
The final result published by the EuPhO organization places Eyke in the 74th overall position. He also scored 2.60 points on the first theoretical problem and 2.80 on the second, finishing the participation with 15.10 points.
-
The largest statues in the world conceal thousands of tons of steel, bronze, and concrete in giant monuments that surpass buildings, withstand earthquakes, and transform political leaders, deities, and religious symbols into works capable of dominating landscapes and reshaping entire cities around the globe.
-
Young Brazilian from a public school works, raises funds, and takes to South Korea a recycling machine created with a colleague, which cuts caps, presses PET bottles, and separates materials by color, eventually winning a silver medal in an international competition held in Seoul.
-
Without an engine, fuel, or industrial parts, an artisanal scooter made of eucalyptus and used tires carries hundreds of kilos up and down the hills of Goma, in Congo.
-
About to hand over a forgotten scratch-off ticket in his pocket to pay off a debt, a veteran of the Air Force was stopped by his wife, who intervened and intercepted the move: the ticket was worth 50 thousand dollars.
The minimum score required to receive bronze was 11.40. In total, the competition awarded 23 gold medals, 37 silver medals, 51 bronze medals, and 34 honorable mentions.
Experimental score matched Brazilian record of 2021
Eyke achieved the second-highest total score among the five Brazilians listed in the official result. Eduardo Yuji Shashike finished one position above, in 73rd place, with 15.20 points.
The biggest difference appeared in the experimental test. The 9.70 points put Eyke ahead of the other members of the national delegation in this specific stage.
The mark, however, does not represent an isolated Brazilian record. The official result of the 2021 EuPhO shows that Brazilian Bruno Makoto Tanabe de Lima also achieved 9.70 points in the experimental part of that edition.
Thus, Eyke matched the highest Brazilian experimental score identified in the competition results. The achievement is shared with Bruno, who in 2021 finished the olympiad with a total of 23 points.
The other Brazilians present at the 2026 EuPhO also received bronze. Tiago Rocha Morais de Santiago scored 14.10 points, Gabriel Mendes Freitas reached 13.10, and Caio Yamashita Risseto finished with 12.90.
Trajectory began with an honorable mention
Eyke’s arrival at the European tournament was preceded by a series of results in school olympiads. He studies at Primeiro Mundo Pará, an institution located in Ourilândia do Norte and part of the Inspira Rede de Educadores.
According to the chronology released by Rede Inspira, the competitive journey began in 2022, when the student received an honorable mention in the Brazilian Mathematics Olympiad for Public Schools, the OBMEP.
The following year, there were seven awards. Among them was a national gold medal in the OBMEP. Eyke also achieved results in competitions such as the Kangaroo Mathematics Olympiad, the Ocean Olympiad, and the Brazilian Astronomy and Astronautics Olympiad.
Participation advanced in 2024, when, according to the institution, he reached 28 awards in different areas. The list included new golds in the OBMEP, the Kangaroo Mathematics, the OBA, and the Paraense Chemistry Olympiad, as well as silver in the Brazilian Physics Olympiad.
In the Brazilian astronomy selection of that cycle, Eyke ranked 15th nationally. He was in the first year of high school and, according to the school, was the only student from that year among the top 15.
Latin American gold paved the international path
In 2025, Eyke expanded his participation to international tournaments. The student won gold in the Latin American Astronomy and Astronautics Olympiad, the OLAA, a result presented by the school as his first medal outside the national circuit.
During that period, his participation already covered mathematics, physics, astronomy, chemistry, robotics, oceanography, and financial education. The institution recorded 32 results only during 2025.
After the bronze won in Sweden, the next international commitment will be in astronomy. Eyke was selected to represent Brazil in the 2026 International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics, scheduled to take place in Vietnam.
The new classification places the student from Pará in two Brazilian scientific delegations in the same year: the European Physics Olympiad and the international astronomy competition.
Commenting on his participation in the EuPhO, Eyke attributed the result to a journey built with study, discipline, support, and preparation. For the student, representing the country also means bringing the name of Pará to international spaces of scientific excellence.
