{"id":21,"date":"2026-10-13T09:45:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T01:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.usaebo.com\/?p=21"},"modified":"2026-10-20T17:10:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T09:10:04","slug":"team-usa-ieo-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.usaebo.com\/news\/50\/","title":{"rendered":"IEO 2026: Team USA wins gold, silver and bronze"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"results\"><div class=\"article-section-inner\"><h2>Medals and other results<\/h2><dl class=\"article-medals\"><div class=\"medal-gold\"><dt>Gold<\/dt><dd>Eli Orbach<\/dd><\/div><div class=\"medal-silver\"><dt>Silver<\/dt><dd>Praneeth Annapureddy<\/dd><\/div><div class=\"medal-bronze\"><dt>Bronze<\/dt><dd>Jesse Zhang<\/dd><\/div><\/dl><p><strong>Other recognitions<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><strong>Honorable Mention (Best in Economics)<\/strong>: Result and recipient: Eli Orbach<\/li><li><strong>IEOx Youth Talks<\/strong>: Result and recipient: Finalist: Utsav Sunil Kumar<\/li><li><strong>Team business case<\/strong>: Result and recipient: Sixth place<\/li><\/ul><p>Sixth place refers to the team business-case competition, not an overall IEO rank. The medals are individual awards to the named students.<\/p><\/div><\/section><section id=\"delegation-record\"><div class=\"article-section-inner\"><h2>The five-member delegation<\/h2><p>The delegation comprised Praneeth Annapureddy, Shashank Madala, Eli Orbach, Utsav Sunil Kumar and Jesse Zhang. The medal count and delegation size describe different records; all five were listed for the team business-case result.<\/p><figure class=\"article-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Team USA at IEO 2026\" height=\"672\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/usaebo-hanlin\/assets\/articles\/ieo-team-2-960.webp\" width=\"960\"\/><figcaption>At IEO 2026. Image source: USAEBO.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/section><section id=\"pathway\"><div class=\"article-section-inner\"><h2>How USAEBO connects to IEO<\/h2><span id=\"recognition-context\"><\/span><p>USAEBO selects eligible students for Team USA through two online individual rounds. IEO is a separate international competition with its own syllabus, scoring and team business case. The results reported here are IEO 2026 results, distinct from awards in the two USAEBO rounds.<\/p><p>For a next step after this historical results report, read the 2027 registration and exam guide and check general entry eligibility separately from Team USA selection eligibility. These results do not predict next-season selection or awards.<\/p><\/div><\/section><section id=\"materials\"><div class=\"article-section-inner\"><h2>Original records and further reading<\/h2><span id=\"results-to-study\"><\/span><p>The two-page press release in our library is dated July 20, 2026; the competition website\u2019s announcement is dated July 21. The library also holds the published USAEBO Round 2 award list, IEO syllabus, economics and finance papers, and business-case materials.<\/p><\/div><\/section><p class=\"article-source\">Sources: the USAEBO IEO 2026 announcement and the 2026 IEO press release in our library. Historical results are not a promise of future awards or qualification. Original official sources: USAEBO official IEO 2026 announcement<\/p><nav class=\"article-internal-links\" aria-label=\"Related topics\"><h2>Related topics<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.usaebo.com\/about\/\">About USAEBO<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.usaebo.com\/papers\/\">Study resources<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IEO 2026 took place in Shenzhen from July 12 to 19. Team USA earned one gold, one silver and one bronze medal, and placed sixth in the team business case competition. Here are the individual results, delegation and original records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_hl_baseline_seo_title":"IEO 2026: Team USA wins gold, silver and bronze - USAEBO","_hl_baseline_seo_description":"Meet Team USA\u2019s IEO 2026 medalists and five-member delegation. Review the sixth-place business case result, Youth Talks recognition and original press release.","_hl_baseline_seo_keywords":"","_hl_baseline_seo_og_image":"https:\/\/en.usaebo.com\/wp-content\/themes\/usaebo-hanlin\/assets\/articles\/share-results.png","usaebo_card_media":"","usaebo_card_label":"Competition announcement \u00b7 2026.07.21","usaebo_card_kind":"results","usaebo_card_archive":"","usaebo_card_archive_order":1,"usaebo_article_lead":"IEO 2026 took place in Shenzhen from July 12 to 19. 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