Agastya Goel Height, Age, Family, Biography

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Religion: Hinduism

Age: 17 Years

Hometown: Stanford, California

Bio/Wiki
Profession	Researcher
Known For	Winning gold at the 2025 International Physics Olympiad with the US team as an Indian-origin student
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5' 7" (170 cm)
Eye Colour	Light Brown
Hair Colour	Black
Personal Life
Date of Birth	Year, 2008
Age (as of 2025)	17 Years
Birthplace	Stanford, California, USA
Nationality	American
Hometown	Stanford, California
School	Henry M. Gunn High School, Palo Alto, California
College/University	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts
Educational Qualification	Pursuing a bachelor's in Computer Science (as of September 2025)
Religion	Hinduism
Hobbies	Hiking, Playing Guitar, Singing
Social Media	• Instagram • Facebook • YouTube • LinkedIn
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Unmarried
Family
Parents	Father- Ashish Goel (Professor) Mother- Ruchi Goyal (Managing Director at Accenture)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Agastya Goel

Agastya Goel was born and grew up in California.

Goel’s father, Ashish Goel, hails from Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. He was the topper of the 1990 IIT-JEE batch. He studied Computer Science at IIT Kanpur and earned a PhD degree from Stanford University.

His father later became a professor of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University. Earlier, he also worked at Twitter, where he helped to develop the platform’s monetisation model.

Along with his regular schooling at Henry M. Gunn High School, Agastya also enrolled at Stanford Online High School to study modern physics and multiverse calculus.

From 2021 to 2024, Agastya worked as a part-time researcher at Euler Circle in Palo Alto.

From 2022 to 2024, Agastya was a United States of America Computing Olympiad (USACO) finalist for three consecutive years.

In 2022, he received an honourable mention at the USA Physics Olympiad, and in 2023, he won a silver medal.

In 2023, he participated in the elite Mathematical Olympiad Program (MOP). In the same year, Agastya won a gold medal at the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI).

He also contributed to PRIMES-USA, a research program for high school students who are engaged in advanced mathematical research. In PRIMES-USA, he was selected multiple times for the Honour Choir.

In 2024, he again won a gold medal at the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI).

In the same year, Agastya Goel won a gold medal at a programming contest, where he scored 438.7 points out of 600 and ranked 4th globally.

Goel co-authored a mathematics paper, which was published in The Australasian Journal of Combinatorics.

In 2025, Agastya was a part of the United States Physics Team, which won 5 gold medals at the 2025 International Physics Olympiad (IPhO), Paris and created history.

Later that day, all the winners, including Agastya Goel, were honoured at the White House, where US President Donald Trump congratulated them personally.

Michael Kratsios, a senior aide to Trump, shared a photo of the team with the President on X. He wrote,

Today POTUS & WHOSTP47 were proud to welcome the 2025 World Champion USA Physics Team to the White House! These incredible geniuses DOMINATED at the International Physics Olympiad in July, bringing home a record FIVE gold medals, the greatest performance in team history.”

Today @POTUS & @WHOSTP47 were proud to welcome the 2025 World Champion USA Physics Team to the @WhiteHouse!

These incredible geniuses DOMINATED at the International Physics Olympiad in July, bringing home a record FIVE gold medals — the greatest performance in team history. 🇺🇸💪 pic.twitter.com/ZmsNRHcz95

— Director Michael Kratsios (@mkratsios47) September 22, 2025

In an interview, Goel revealed that his interest in science began during hikes and car rides with his father. Although initially he was interested in computer science, his interest in computer science; however, his interest towards Physics shifted during the winter of 2023, when he spent weeks immersed in Kevin Zhou’s physics concepts and taking study sessions during a family trip to India.