Achievements
Hall of Fame



The FDT Hall of Fame
Canadian National Debate Team
Meet the incredible FDT students who have represented Canada around the world!

Michelle Liu
2023 - Present

Neil He
2023 - Present

Jinjou Wang
2023 - Present

Vanessa Zhang
2023 - Present

Jin Zhou
2023 - Present

Leo Zhu
2023 - Present

Summit Kawakami
2022 - Present

Barry Gu
2022 - Present
Vietnam, 2023

Jonathan Chu
2022 - 2023

Eric Li
2022 - 2023

Alice Xu
2021 - 2023
Vietnam, 2023

Angela Lu
2021 - 2023
Vietnam, 2023

Jena Yue
2021 - 2022

Sean Oh
2021-2022

Alex Logan
2020 - 2022
The Netherlands, 2022

EMILY NI
2020-2021
Macau, 2021

ALLAN LEE
2018 - 2019
Thailand, 2019

Ashley Phord-Toy
2016 - 2018
Croatia, 2018

Andrew Yun
2015 - 2018
Croatia, 2018
Indonesia, 2017

Rosa Rahimi
2016 - 2018

Anna Yang
2016 - 2017
Indonesia, 2017

Lily Kim
2015 - 2016

Jason Xiao
2015 - 2016
Singapore, 2015

Tatiana Kurschner
2014 - 2016
Singapore, 2015

Dena Tabyanian
2013 - 2014

Behbod Negahban
2013 - 2014
Thailand, 2014

The FDT Hall of Fame
Canadian National Speech Team
Meet the talented FDT students who have represent Canada at the Worlds Individual Debate and Public Speech Competition

Enya Fang
Australia, 2024

Jaiden Ahuja
Australia, 2024
South Africa, 2023
Toronto, 2022

Zac Weinberg
South Africa, 2023

Katherine Cai
South Africa, 2023

Nora Zhu
Toronto, 2022
Korea, 2021
Australia, 2020

Angela Lu
Korea, 2021

Emily Ni
Korea, 2021
Australia, 2020

Joyce Chen
Australia, 2020

Vivian Gu
Australia, 2020

Jena Yue
Australia, 2020

Nicholas Viegas
Australia, 2020
Canada, 2019

Angelina Zhang
Toronto, 2019

Nellie Sun
South Africa, 2018

Maggie MacInnis
South Africa, 2018

Ashley Phord-Toy
South Africa, 2018
Australia, 2017

Simran Cheema
USA, 2016

Lily Kim
USA, 2016

Tatiana Kurschner
Lithuania, 2014



Our Greatest Victories
2023
Senior National Debating Championships
1st Place Speaker: Neil He
Quarterfinalist Team: Finn Liu
Quarterfinalist Team: Angela Lu, Emily Zhao, Meredith Wang, Rohan Singh
Junior Public Speaking Nationals
1st Place Speaker: Matthew Yu
2nd Place Speaker: Grace Liu
5th Place Speaker: Vanessa Chen
9th Place Speaker: Eva Zhou
Impromptu Champion: Matthew Yu
Interpretive Reading Champion: Matthew Yu
Junior National Debating Championships
Champion Team: Jade Wang & Jasmine Wang
Semi-Finalist Team: Xiao Bo Zeng
1st Place Speaker: Jade Wang
2nd Place Speaker: Zac Weinberg
4th Place Speaker: Matthew Yu
9th Place Speaker: Xiao Bo Zeng
High School US National Debate Tournament
Double Octo-Finalists: George Xie, Jason Song, Jerry Song, Nathan He, Neil He
Triple Octo-Finalists: Amy Zhang, Anita Pan, Eric Su, Eva Wang, Grace Liu
International Independent Schools’ Public Speaking Competition
Top Speakers Advancing to Worlds: Jaiden Ahuja & Enya Fang
Debate Champion: Enya Fang
World Individual Debating & Public Speaking Championship
11th Place Speaker: Jaiden Ahuja
16th Place Speaker: Zac Weinberg
Harvard College Worlds Schools Debate Invitational
Finalists: Andy Yu
Semi-Finalists: Ann Wang, Finn Liu, Jinjou Wang, Meredith Wang
Quarter-Finalists: Amy Zhang, Enya Fang, Eva Wang, Emily Zhao, Max Chen
3rd Place Speaker: Angela Lu
Cambridge Finals Day
4th Place Speaker: Ann Wang, Ryan Li (Tied)
Stanford Invitational
1st Place Speaker: Leo Zhu
Senior National Public Speaking Championships
Overall Advancing to World: Katherine Cai
1st Place Speaker: Katherine Cai
3rd Place Speaker: Jaiden Ahuja
Debate Champion: Katherine Cai
Winter Holidays Open
1st Place Speaker: Leo Zhu
7th Place Speaker: Angela Lu
8th Place Speaker: Eric LiSe

Our Greatest Victories
2022
British Parliamentary Junior Nationals
Champion Team: Michelle Liu and Vanessa Zhang
Top Speaker: Vanessa Zhang
2nd Speaker: Jin Zhou
4th Speaker: Michelle Liu
6th Speaker: Max Chen
7th Speaker: Jade Wang
10th Speaker: Sam Yan
Senior Speech National Championships
Advancing to Worlds: Nora Zhu
Harvard College World Schools Debate Invitational
6th Speaker: Evelyn Tu
International Independent Schools’ Public Speaking Competition
6th Speaker: Jaiden Ahuja
Oxford Schools’ Debating Competition
Top Team: Barry Gu and Summit Kawakami
Top Speakers (tied): Barry Gu and Alex Logan
4th Speaker: Annie Lu
9th Speaker: Summit Kawakami

Our Greatest Victories
2021
International Competition for Young Debaters
Finalists: Angela Lu and Meredith Wang
4th Speaker: Angela Lu
Bluebonnet
Finalist Team: Angela Lu and Meredith Wang
4th Speaker: Angela Lu
6th Speaker: Michelle Lu
8th Speaker: Sissi Ho
Junior Public Speaking Nationals
5th Speaker: Jaiden Ahuja
4th Speaker: Michelle Lu
8th Speaker: Angel Zhao
10th Speaker: Vanessa Zhang
Junior National Championships
2nd Place Team: Angelina Yeung and Vanessa Zhang
3rd Speaker: Frank Yan
8th Speaker: Angelina Yeung
9th Speaker: Sam Yan
Harvard College Worlds Schools Debate Invitational
Quarterfinalist Team: Angela Lu, Annie Lu, Jena Yue, Jonathan Chu & Sean Oh
Quarterfinalist Team: Arnav Paliwal
Quarterfinalist Team: Aarushi Wadiwala, Cathay Wu, David Deng, Diya Perry, Jeffrey Guo
7th Speaker: Arnav Paliwal
National Public Speaking Championships
5th Speaker: Angela Lu
6th Speaker: Nora Zhu
10th Speaker: Jena Yue
Senior National Debating Championships
Finalist Team: Emily Ni and Caitlin Mah
3rd Speaker: Randy Chang
8th Speaker: Alex Logan
9th Speaker: Caitlin Mah
EurOpen
8th Speaker: Maibritt Henkel (Team Denmark)
9th Speaker: Randy Chang
British Parliamentary Nationals
2nd Place Team: Barry Gu and Summit Kawakami
7th Speaker: Alex Logan
8th Speaker: Alice Xu
9th Speaker: Annie Lu
10th Speaker: Aurora Zhan

Our Greatest Victories
2020
World Speech Championships
Top Speaker: Emily Ni
3rd Speaker: Vivian Gu
5th Speaker: Joyce Chen
6th Speaker: Nicholas Viegas
7th Speaker: Nora Zhu
National Debate Team WSDC
Online
Quarterfinalist Team: Madeline Kim, Jennifer Ren, Daniel Zhan, Ryan Li, David Kim
Quarterfinalist Team: David Deng, Diya Perry, Jin Zhou, Meredith Wang, Ekaterina Gofsky
10th speaker: Jin Zhou
Cambridge Schools
Cambridge, UK
Finalist Team: Emily Ni & Vivian Gu
Finalist Team: Jason Guo & Anthony Chu
Harvard World Schools Invitational
Boston, Massachusetts
Top Novice Team/Octo-finalists: Darren Yang, Anisha Singh, Jonah Leibu, Daniel Zhan, Angela Lu
UPenn World Schools Online Tournament
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Champion Team: Parsa Bagheri, Nikki Wu, Athens Wu, Koby Chen, Darren Yang
Semi-Finalist Team: Emily Xin, Emily Ni, Max Rosen, Jena Yue, Grace Lee
Online International Competition for Young Debaters
Oxford, UK
Runner-up Team: Alex Logan and Annie Lu
Finalist Team: Eric Li and Jonathan Chu
Oldham Cup
Singapore, Singapore
Top Junior Speaker: Michelle Liu
Top Speaker of the Junior Grand Final: Isabella Park
Champion Junior Team: Michelle Liu, Isabella Park, Vanessa Zhang
Runner-up Junior Team: Darren Yang, Angela Lu, Jeffrey Guo
French National Debate Championships
Online
Top Speaker: Vivian Gu
Champion Team: Nikki Wu and Emily Ni

Our Greatest Victories
2019
BP National Championships
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Champion Team (Junior): Annie Lu and Alex Logan
US Middle School National Championships
Dallas, Texas
Champion Team: Eric Li, Jonathan Chu, Alice Xu, Aurora Zhang
Asia World Schools Debating Championships
Bangkok, Thailand
Semi-Finalist Team: Jamin Feng, Jason Guo, Anthony Chu, Peter Zhang, Angela Lu
Harvard World Schools Invitational
Boston, Massachusetts
Semi-Finalist Team: Alice Xu, Jena Yue, Athens Wu, Aurora Zhang
World’s Individual Public Speaking and Debate Championship
Toronto, Canada
7th Speaker: Angelina Zhang
10th Speaker: Nicholas Viegas

Our Greatest Victories
2018
Prague Spring Debate Championship
Prague, Czechia
Finalist Team: Alison Lee, Jason Guo, Allan Lee, Jacqueline Belzberg, Grace Lee
Harvard World Schools Invitational
Boston, Massachusetts
Semi-Finalist Team: Allan Lee, Alan Chen Emily Xin, Tiffany Chen, Alison Lee
World’s Individual Public Speaking and Debate Championship
Cape Town, South Africa
15th place Speaker: Ashley Phord-Toy
18th place Speaker: Maggie Macinnis

Our Greatest Victories
2017
Cambridge Schools
Cambridge, UK
1st place Team: Alan Chen and Chris Pang
5th place Speaker: Chris Pang
Harvard World Schools Invitation
Boston, Massachusetts
Semi-Finalist Team: Allan Lee, Cindy Li, Jamin Feng, Saara Meghji
Worlds Schools Debate Championship
Bali, Indonesia
Top English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Team: Marie Davidsen Buhl, Clara Grønborg Juul, Emil Sondaj Hansen, Annika Slothuus, Kristine Baekgaard

Our Greatest Victories
2016
Worlds Schools Debate Championship
Stuttgart, Germany
Top English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Team: Andreas Snekloth Kongsgaard, Clara Grønborg Juul, Emil Sondaj Hansen, Annika Slothuus, Mia Adrian
Senior National Debate Championships
Regina, Saskatchewan
Champion Team: Lily Kim and Tatiana Kurschner
Heart of Europe
Olomouc, Czechia
Finalist Team: Andreas Snekloth Kongsgaard, Clara Grønborg Juul, Emil Sondaj Hansen, Annika Slothuus, Mia Adrian
Harvard World Schools Invitational
Boston, Massachusetts
1st place Team: Andrew Yun, Rosa Rahimi, Chris Pang, Min Jung, Angeline Wang

Our Greatest Victories
2015
Heart of Europe Debate Championships
Olomouc, Czechia
1st place Team: Jefferey Dawson, Katherine Lee, Ashley Phord-Toy, Alex Xi, Anna Yang
1st place Speaker: Martine Duffy
2nd place Speaker: Rosa Rahimi
3rd place Speaker: Simran Cheema
International Competition for Young Debaters
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Finalist Team: Lucy Liu and Mary Dong

Our Greatest Victories
2014
Prague Spring Debate Tournament
Prague, Czechia
Finalist Team: Arsalan Ghaemi, Leila Martin, Katherine Lee, Kelvin Zhu
Heart of Europe Debate Championships
Olomouc, Czechia
Finalist Team: Tatiana Kurschner, Lily Kim, Dasha Metropolitansky, Jason Xiao

Our Greatest Victories
2013
Prometheus Cup
Singapore, Singapore
Finalist Team: Tatiana Kurschner, Grace Hua, Olivia Hunter, Lily Kim, and Christina Ge
Top Speaker of the Grand Final: Lily Kim
EurAsian Schools Debate Championships
Istanbul, Turkey
Finalist Team: Dena Tabyanian, Leila Martin, Tatiana Kurschner, Dasha Metropolitansky
5th place Speaker: Tatiana Kurschner
International Competition for Young Debaters
Cambridge, UK
1st place Team: Tatiana Kurschner and Grace Hua

Our Greatest Victories
2012
EurOpen Debate Championships
Stuttgart, Germany
1st place Team: Alexander Beaumont, Jamal Dumas, Behbod Negahban, Anohk Singh Dhillon, Dena Tabyanian
2nd place Speaker: Dena Tabyanian
Heart of Europe Debate Championships
Olomouc, Czechia
Finalist Team: Jamal Dumas, Sonam Rai, Dena Tabyanian