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. This was the first time that the Under-23 World Championships and the Junior World Champions were held at the same time and location.

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[]

Junior events[]

Cross-country skiing[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Junior Events
Men's junior sprint free[1]	Petter Northug  Norway		Germany		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 Petter Northug	47:15.7	Russia Nikolay Morilov Andrey Parfenov Ilia Chernousov	47:30.5	Czech Republic Aleš Razým 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 Marte Elden Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen	34:59.0	Sweden Anna Hansson Charlotte Kalla	35:04.2	Russia	35:14.6

Nordic Combined[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Normal hill/5 km[9]	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	Germany	30:47.6	Miroslav Dvořák  Czech Republic	30:50.0
Team normal hill/4 × 5 km[11]	Germany Stefan Tuss	55:42.3	Austria Tomaz Druml Tobias Kammerlander Marco Pichlmayer Alfred Rainer	55:42.6	Norway	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 Mario Innauer Gregor Schlierenzauer	930.6	Slovenia Primož Roglič Jurij Tepeš Robert Hrgota	927.7	Japan Shohhei Tochimoto	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

Under-23 events[]

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	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	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		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

Medal tables[]

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[]