2006 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships

The FIS Nordic Junior and U23 World Ski Championships 2006 took place in Kranj, Slovenia from 30 January to 5 February 2006. It was the 29th Junior World Championships and the 1st Under-23 World Championships in nordic skiing.

FIS Nordic Junior and U23 World Ski Championships 2006

Host city	Kranj, Slovenia
Events	20
Opening ceremony	30 January
Closing ceremony	5 February

This was the first championship where women competed in ski jumping. Juliane Seyfarth of Germany became the first female junior world champion by winning the normal hill event on 2 February 2006.

Medal summary

Cross-country skiing

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Junior Events
Men's junior sprint free[1]	Petter Northug  Norway		Daniel Heun  Germany		Anton Smirnov  Russia
Men's junior 10 kilometre classic[2]	Petter Northug  Norway	26:33.2	Martin Jakš  Czech Republic	26:58.4	Dario Cologna   Switzerland	27:53.6
Men's junior 20 kilometre pursuit[3]	Petter Northug  Norway	51:34.3	Ilia Chernousov  Russia	51:39.6	Martin Jakš  Czech Republic	51:45.8
Men's junior 4 × 5 km relay[4]	Norway Glenn Elvestad Eirik Kurland Olsen Eirik Sæves Petter Northug	47:15.7	Russia Nikolay Morilov Yuriy Vinogradov Andrey Parfenov Ilia Chernousov	47:30.5	Czech Republic Aleš Razým Jan Krska Ondřej Horyna Martin Jakš	47:31.4
Ladies' Junior Events
Ladies' junior sprint free[5]	Astrid Jacobsen  Norway		Natalya Matveyeva  Russia		Celine Brun-Lie  Norway
Ladies' junior 5 kilometre classic[6]	Astrid Jacobsen  Norway	13:57.9	Eva Nývltová  Czech Republic	14:16.3	Charlotte Kalla  Sweden	14:30.6
Ladies' junior 10 kilometre pursuit[7]	Charlotte Kalla  Sweden	29:12.2	Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen  Norway	29:21.8	Eva Nývltová  Czech Republic	29:38.8
Ladies' junior 4 × 3.33 km relay[8]	Norway Ingunn Weltzien Marit Liland Fredriksen Marte Elden Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen	34:59.0	Sweden Emma Bergman Anna Simberg Anna Hansson Charlotte Kalla	35:04.2	Russia Nina Ryusina Larisa Shaidurova Tatyana Morogova Svetlana Ovchinnikova	35:14.6

Nordic Combined

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Normal hill/5 km[9]	Tom Beetz  Germany	13:06.3	Akito Watabe  Japan	13:08.9	Miroslav Dvořák  Czech Republic	13:16.7
Normal hill/10 km[10]	François Braud  France	29:59.9	Tom Beetz  Germany	30:47.6	Miroslav Dvořák  Czech Republic	30:50.0
Team normal hill/4 × 5 km[11]	Germany Toni Englert Ruben Welde Stefan Tuss Tom Beetz	55:42.3	Austria Tomaz Druml Tobias Kammerlander Marco Pichlmayer Alfred Rainer	55:42.6	Norway Jonas Nermoen Joakim Aakvik Torkil Rasmussen Aam Thomas Kjelbotn	56:12.4

Ski jumping

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Junior Events
Men's junior individual normal hill[12]	Gregor Schlierenzauer  Austria	259.6	Jurij Tepeš  Slovenia	249.4	Andrea Morassi  Italy	247.4
Men's junior team normal hill[13]	Austria Arthur Pauli Thomas Thurnbichler Mario Innauer Gregor Schlierenzauer	930.6	Slovenia Jernej Košnjek Primož Roglič Jurij Tepeš Robert Hrgota	927.7	Japan Naoya Toyama Yuhei Sasaki Shohhei Tochimoto Kenshiro Ito	900.8
Ladies' Junior Events
Ladies' junior individual normal hill[14]	Juliane Seyfarth  Germany	255.8	Atsuko Tanaka  Canada	223.4	Elena Runggaldier  Italy	217.8

Cross-country skiing

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Under-23 Events
Men's under-23 sprint free[15]	Harald Wurm  Austria		Josef Wenzl  Germany		Marcus Hellner  Sweden
Men's under-23 15 kilometre classic[16]	Franz Göring  Germany	38:23.9	Maxim Bulgakov  Russia	39:09.0	Alexander Legkov  Russia	39:19.5
Men's under-23 30 kilometre pursuit[17]	Alexander Legkov  Russia	1:17:19.7	Sergey Shiriayev  Russia	1:17:33.6	Franz Göring  Germany	1:17:35.6
Ladies' Under-23 Events
Ladies' under-23 sprint free[18]	Guro Strøm Solli  Norway		Valentina Novikova  Russia		Nicole Fessel  Germany
Ladies' under-23 10 kilometre classic[19]	Justyna Kowalczyk  Poland	28:07.0	Irina Artemova  Russia	28:30.9	Yuliya Chekalyova  Russia	28:36.9
Ladies' under-23 15 kilometre pursuit[20]	Justyna Kowalczyk  Poland	44:14.7	Irina Artemova  Russia	44:41.2	Yuliya Chekalyova  Russia	44:54.5

All events

  *   Host nation (Slovenia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway (NOR)	8	1	2	11
2	Germany (GER)	4	3	2	9
3	Austria (AUT)	3	1	0	4
4	Poland (POL)	2	0	0	2
5	Russia (RUS)	1	8	5	14
6	Sweden (SWE)	1	1	2	4
7	France (FRA)	1	0	0	1
8	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	2	5	7
9	Slovenia (SVN)*	0	2	0	2
10	Japan (JPN)	0	1	1	2
11	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
12	Italy (ITA)	0	0	2	2
13	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 nations)		20	20	20	60

Junior events

  *   Host nation (Slovenia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway (NOR)	7	1	2	10
2	Germany (GER)	3	2	0	5
3	Austria (AUT)	2	1	0	3
4	Sweden (SWE)	1	1	1	3
5	France (FRA)	1	0	0	1
6	Russia (RUS)	0	3	2	5
7	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	2	5	7
8	Slovenia (SVN)*	0	2	0	2
9	Japan (JPN)	0	1	1	2
10	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
11	Italy (ITA)	0	0	2	2
12	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 nations)		14	14	14	42

Under-23 events

  *   Host nation (Slovenia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Poland (POL)	2	0	0	2
2	Russia (RUS)	1	5	3	9
3	Germany (GER)	1	1	2	4
4	Austria (AUT)	1	0	0	1
	Norway (NOR)	1	0	0	1
6	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 nations)		6	6	6	18

References

1. "Junior Men Sprint Free Results" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 2 March 2020.
2. "Junior Men's 10 km Classic Individual Results" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 2 March 2020.
3. "Junior Men's 20 km Pursuit Classic/Free Results" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 2 March 2020.
4. "Junior Men's 4 x 5 km Classic/Free Relay Results" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 26 February 2020.
5. "Junior Ladies' Sprint Free Results" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 2 March 2020.
6. "Junior Ladies' 5 km Classic Individual Results" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 2 March 2020.
7. "Junior Ladies' 10 km Pursuit Classic/Free Mass Start Results" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 2 March 2020.
8. "Junior Ladies' 4 x 3.3 km Classic/Free Relay Results" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 2 March 2020.
9. "Normal Hill Sprint 5 km Official Results" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 22 February 2019.
10. "Normal Hill Individual Gundersen 10 km Official Results" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 2 March 2020.
11. "Normal Hill Team Gundersen 4x5 km Official Results" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 2 March 2020.
12. "Men's Normal Hill Individual Official Results" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 2 March 2020.
13. "Men's Normal Hill Team Official Results" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 28 February 2019.
14. "Ladies' Normal Hill Individual Official Results" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 2 March 2020.
15. "U23 Men's Sprint Free Results" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 2 March 2020.
16. "U23 Men's 15 km Classic Individual Results" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 2 March 2020.
17. "U23 Men's 30 km Pursuit Classic/Free Results" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 2 March 2020.
18. "U23 Ladies' Sprint Free Results" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 2 March 2020.
19. "U23 Ladies' 10 km Classic Individual Results" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 2 March 2020.
20. "U23 Ladies' 15 km Pursuit Classic/Free Results" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 2 March 2020.