The following students have signed up for the 2026 International Geography Championships:

62 – High School Division
71 – Middle School Division
63 – Intermediate Division
25 – Elementary School Division
221 – Total

This page was last updated on May 1.

The following students are officially registered (i.e. both their registration form and payment have been received) for the 2026 International Geography Championships:

High School
1. Spencer Dosik, Northern Highlands High School, NJ
2. James Addington, Canyon High School, TX
3. Linus Holzapfel, Glen Ridge High School, NJ
4. Naman Mishra, Lake Washington High School, WA
5. Neel Natarajan, Plymouth High School, MI
6. Krzysztof Wesolowski, American School of Barcelona, Spain (competing for Poland)
7. Liam Chen, Lick-Wilmerding High School, CA
8. Siddhu Nagarajan, Hillsborough High School, NJ
9. River Jalen Barriga, Southville International School and Colleges, Philippines
10. Weston Brealey, St George’s School, Canada
11. George Davies, German Swiss International School, Hong Kong
12. Jackson Faber, Marin Academy, CA
13. DeWitt Silber, Northern Highlands Regional High School, NJ
14. John Castle, Pine Crest School, FL
15. Julian Loshak, Avenues The World School, NY
16. Rosabella Chu, Memorial High School, TX
17. Austin Roux, Salesianum, DE (competing for PA)
18. Sarang Chong, West Windsor Plainsboro High School South, NJ
19. Siddhanth Kumar, Staples High School, CT
20. Naman Belakavadi, Old Bridge High School, NJ
21. Omkar Shah, Los Altos High School, CA
22. Landon Fisher, Columbus Academy, OH
23. Nam Tran, The Early College at Guilford College, NC
24. Sayan Ghosh, Acton Boxborough Regional High School, MA
25. Adyan Chowdhury, Boston Latin School, MA
26. Ayan Khasgiwala, Basis Independent Silicon Valley, CA
27. Adriana Bezrukov, Corona Del Mar High School, CA
28. Pakawat Poldetch, Ruamrudee International School, Thailand
29. Callan McCormick, St. Mark’s School of Texas, TX
30. Pranav Kuchibhotla, Panther Creek High School, NC
31. Revant Pandey, East Mecklenburg High School, NC
32. Antonia Figueroa, Fusion Academy Oak Brook, IL
33. De-An Chen, St. Paul Academy and Summit School, St. Paul, MN
34. Maddox VanDyke, Ethical Culture Fieldston School, NY
35. Evan Powe, Ransom Everglades High school, FL
36. Lucas Canes, Cary Academy, NC
37. David Alexandru Craciun, Andrei Şaguna National College, Romania
38. Jind Kaur, University School of Milwaukee, WI
39. Pinxian Mao, Chongqing Nankai Secondary School, China
40. Zubin Chandrasekhar, Canyon Crest Academy, CA
41. George Kyser, iForward Online Charter School, WI
42. Yanlin Huang, Basis Independent Silicon Valley, CA
43. Logan Ruiz, Fairfield College Preparatory School, CT
44. Hongyu Chai, Shanghai Starriver Bilingual School, China
45. Julián Javier Martínez Benítez, Caguas Learning Academy, PR
46. Raymond Li, The Monte Vista High School, CA
47. John Crucs, Morris Catholic High School, NJ
48. Lin Shangqi, Shenzhen College of International Education, China

Middle School
1. Terence Heng, The Harker School, CA
2. Eeshan Ananda, Washington Middle School, WA
3. Navika Joseph, William Hopkins Middle, CA
4. Carston Friedman, The Wheeler School, RI
5. Akshay Vemuri, Redwood Middle School, CA
6. Levi Langford, Draper Park Middle School, UT
7. Tan Sirithanachai, King’s college International School Bangkok, Thailand
8. Bolin Zhang, Spring Branch Academic Institute, TX
9. Jonathan Richter, Haverford School for Boys, PA
10. Samanyu Manoj, East Middle School, MI
11. Crystella Chu, Memorial Middle School, TX
12. Devan Roop, Carleton Washburne, IL
13. Cavan Roop, Carleton Washburne, IL
14. Ayden Roux, Avon Grove Charter School, PA
15. Yichen Tan, Mayfield Junior School, CA
16. Cooper Jakubcin, Galileo School, FL
17. Ronav Ahuja, Stratford Prepatory Blackford, CA
18. Elijah Taylor, Bigelow Middle School, MA
19. Noah Mitchell, Ransom Everglades Middle School, FL
20. Aarav Pal, Kraemer Middle School, CA
21. Eric Peterson, The Evergreen School, WA
22. Evan Horn, Grapevine Faith Christian School, TX
23. Rangan V Balaji, Stratford Preparatory Milpitas, CA
24. Jose Luis Perez Pinto, Wayland Middle School, MA
25. Mien Nguyen, Lost Mountain Middle School, GA
26. Caden Deng, Doral Academy, FL
27. Teja Varanasy, Hopkins Middle School, CA
28. Ezra Dick, Chute Middle School, IL
29. Parth Holehonnur, CBC- Claregalway, Ireland
30. Christian Mojares, St Hugo of the Hills, MI
31. Aarav Kumar Akkanti, Calvary Episcopal School, TX
32. Gus Graham, Robert Eagle Staff Middle School, WA
33. John Fite, Veritas Collegiate Academy, VA
34. Bali Rey Williams, Homeschool, MD
35. Wellington Zhou, Scullen Middle School, IL
36. Taewan (Leo) Kim, Sage School, MA
37. Balthazar Ricci, Iroquois Middle School, NY
38. Philip Reynolds, St Richard’s Episcopal, IN
39. Charles Gonchoroff, George Washington Middle School, NJ
40. Martin Pallaver, San Elijo Middle School, CA
41. Jiyan Singh, University School of Milwaukee, WI
42. Kahaan Patel, Navrachna International, Baroda, India
43. Hugo Teltser, Mayfield Junior School, CA
44. Nicholas Golden, Vinton-Shellsburg Middle School, IA
45. Ishaan Dinesh, Basis Independent Silicon Valley, CA
46. Shreyaan Yadav, Cedar Valley Middle School, TX
47. Xu Hou, Homeschool, China
48. Sabrina Yoder, Pennwood Middle School, PA
49. Theo Paskowitz, Speyer Legacy School, NY
50. Gabe Graham, Pine Crest School, FL
51. Tyler Ong, Hilldale School, CA
52. Aarit Chakraborty, Stratford School – Palo Alto, CA
53. Finn Zubrod, Aspen Middle School, CO
54. Harrison Sun, St George’s School, Canada
55. Elijah Krueger, Millard North Middle School, NE

Intermediate
1. Nathan Chi Lok Cheung, Chinese International School, Hong Kong
2. Isaac Ho-Lin Zhi, Maris Stella High School (Primary Section), Singapore
3. Nivedh Joseph, Joshua Chadbourne Elementary, CA
4. Quenton Friedman, The Wheeler School, RI
5. Abhay Vemuri, Argonaut Elementary School, CA
6. Qingjing Wang, Santiago Hills Elementary, CA
7. Joy Sharma, Alum Creek Elementary School, OH
8. Silas Burrows, Explore Middle School, NJ
9. Kirthan Parvathaneni, Union Middle School, CA
10. Taran Pillarisetti, Hopkinton Middle School, MA
11. Dylan Messer, Ridgewood Avenue School, NJ
12. Christian Gaohong Choi, Guadalupe Elementary School, CA
13. Benjamin Martone, Beach Middle School, MI
14. Jaiveer Chopra, Sherwood Middle School, MA
15. Om Swaroop, Sierramont Middle School, CA
16. Remy Frenkel, Eisenhower Middle School, NJ
17. Yakshit Bagad, Mike and Janie Reeves Elementary, TX
18. Dhilan Suri, North Shore Country Day, IL
19. John Johnston, Niles Elementary, CA (competing for Thailand)
20. Siddhanth Singaraju, Millpond School, MA
21. Wan Kin Tang, International Christian School, Hong Kong
22. Neel Mishall, Colonial Elementary School, NY
23. Quincy Kearns, Hyde Park Middle School, NV
24. Ishan Pothukuchi, Basis Independent Bellevue, WA
25. Trishob Thigulla, Voorhees Middle School, NJ
26. Madhavan Giridharan, William Diamond Middle School, MA
27. Felix Versoza, PS 130 Parkside School, NY
28. Taneesh Kumar Lokesh Kumar, Odle Middle School, WA (competing for India)
29. Thanishka Lokesh Kumar, Odle Middle School, WA (competing for India)
3o. Chengyu Ethan Yang, The Dorris-Eaton School, CA
31. Ryan Chen, Dominican International school, Taiwan
32. Arjun Vegesana, Woodside Middle School, IN
33. Simon Ruiyi Lu, Community School, MO
34. Leo Stussi, Diablo Vista Middle School, CA
35. Nimalan Rajaselvendran, Joshua Chadbourne Elementary School, CA
36. Mila Dayalu, Marsh Creek 6th Grade Center, PA
37. Mihir Dayalu, Uwchlan Hills Elementary School, PA
38. Ellie Lam, Seven Bridges, NY
39. Ethan Zhang, Kinkaid, TX
40. Samuel Pollack, Bedford Middle School, CT
41. Asa Cless, Rose Hill, KS
42. James Chen, Francis Parker School, CA
43. Aditya K Vanka, Oxford Preparatory Academy – South Orange County, CA
44. Marcus Fortin, Withrow Avenue Junior Public School, Canada
45. Shaan Jain, Horace Mann, NY
46. Ishaan Kulkarni, John Sinnott Elementary, CA
47. Oscar Beard, Nova Academy, TX
48. Henry Arnold, Speyer Legacy School, NY
49. Noah Jeon, Meads Mill Middle School, MI
50. Oliver Sebastian Santos, The Lyme School, NH
51. Samarbir Singh, Norman Liddell Elementary School, CA
52. Keegan Schwab, Vinton- Shellsburg Middle School, IA

Elementary School
1. Evan Chi Yan Cheung, St. Paul’s Co-educational College Primary School, Hong Kong
2. Kabir Das, Central Elementary School, CA
3. Sanjay Saiya, International Community School, Singapore
4. Srinivasan Srihari, Murdock Portal Elementary School, CA
5. Arjun Khandelwal, Khan Lab School, CA
6. Oliver Lam, Stratford 14th Avenue, CA
7. Austen Tao, Stratford School 14th Ave, CA
8. Minglang Tu, Stratford School, CA
9. Nydilee Lakkundi, James Franklin Smith Elementary, CA
10. Sriram Giridharan, Maria Hastings Elementary School, MA
11. Irvin Dinesh, Dolson Public School, Canada
12. Kai Robinson, PS 321, NY
13. Jana Burillo, Red Sandstone Elementary School, CO
14. Christian Jacob Easterday, Boonsboro Elementary School, MD
15. Oliver Lam, Stratford 14th Avenue, CA
16. Renee Ahuja, Stratford Pomeroy, CA
17. Jai Vemuri, Ignite Learning Academy, GA
18. Dylan Patel, Centennial Lane Elementary School, MD
19. Elliott Hsu, St. Mark’s School of Texas, TX
20. Akshay Vokkaarne, Cedar Crest Academy – Bellewood, WA

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Past IGC Participant Lists

Please click here for the official student participant list from the 2024 International Geography Championships in Vienna, Austria (310 students). Please click here to see students from IGC 2024 listed by affiliation. 
Please click here
for the official student participant list from the 2022 International Geography Championships in Burlington, Vermont, USA and Montreal, Canada (134 students).
Please click here for the official student participant list from the 2018 International Geography Bee World Championships in Berlin, Germany (122 students).
NOTE: In 2018, the event that is now know as the International Geography Championships was know as the “International Geography Bee World Championships.” The event at IGC that is now known as the “International Geography Bee World Championships” was known in 2018 as the “International Geography Quiz.”