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Collison met Konermann during the 2004 EU Young Scientist competition.
Reporting about the couple says they met at the 2005 EU Young Scientist competition in Moscow, not in 2004. Contemporary coverage also shows Patrick qualified for the EU contest only after winning Ireland’s Young Scientist competition in January 2005.
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Multiple sources place Patrick Collison and Silvana Konermann's meeting at the 2005 EU Young Scientist competition in Moscow.
A 2022 report on Collison's wedding says "The pair met when they were both taking part in the 2005 EU Young Scientist competition in Moscow." That matches contemporaneous coverage from The Irish Times, which reported that Patrick Collison earned the right to attend the European contest only after winning the Irish BT Young Scientist competition in January 2005, and then took his project to the event in Moscow.
That timing conflicts with the article's claim that he met Konermann during the 2004 EU competition. Coverage of the 2004 EU contest in Dublin also identifies different Irish entrants, with Patrick not among them.
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- Stripe CEO Patrick Collison Marries Childhood Sweetheart
The pair met when they were both taking part in the 2005 EU Young Scientist competition in Moscow when they were both 17.
- Irish student comes second in European young scientist contest - The Irish Times
Patrick Collison (17)... earned the right to attend the annual contest after winning the BT young scientist competition at the RDS last January. He then took his project... to the event in Moscow. The 2005 European competition... took place at the Bauman University.
- Young Irish scientists vie for EU awards in Dublin - The Irish Times
The competition is being held in Ireland this year... and there are three Irish entries involved... including Ronan Larkin... winner of the 2004 Esat BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition.