Rotorua Year 9 student Aimee Wolsey may have taken the test for an international mathematics competition in hospital, but she still managed to place in the top 0.1 per cent.
The 14-year-old is one of only four New Zealanders who placed in the top 0.1 per cent of the competition which
is run by the Australian Mathematics Trust.
About 30,000 New Zealand students from Year 8 to 13 entered the competition which has been running for the past 33 years.
It was the first time Aimee had entered the competition.
She also placed in the top 200 in New Zealand in the National Bank Junior Mathematics Competition.
She said she was happy with how she had placed considering she had been in hospital with a broken femur (thigh bone) when she took the test.
Aimee said the test was mainly made up of problem solving questions and it hadn't been too hard.
Aimee, who is home-schooled, said maths was one of her favourite subjects and she spent up to an hour a day studying.
She said she hoped to become a pilot so it was really important to have good maths skills.
The four New Zealand winners were invited to receive their medals in Christchurch this month at a ceremony at Burnside High School.
Only Aimee and fellow winner Hayley Haskell were able to attend but Aimee said it was great to have been there.
Aimee's mother, Denise Wolsey, said she was really happy for her daughter and it was great to be among the high calibre of participants at the medal ceremony.
