20th Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships | |
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Location | Coimbra, Portugal |
Start date | 14 June 2006 |
End date | 17 June 2006 |
20th Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Coimbra, Portugal from June 14 to June 17, 2006. This was the first time the competition was called "Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships", after previously being called "World Sports Acrobatics Championships".
Coimbra is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population at the 2011 census was 143,397, in an area of 319.40 square kilometres (123.3 sq mi). The fourth-largest urban centre in Portugal, it is the largest city of the district of Coimbra and the Centro Region. About 460,000 people live in the Região de Coimbra, comprising 19 municipalities and extending into an area of 4,336 square kilometres (1,674 sq mi).
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located mostly on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. It is the westernmost sovereign state of mainland Europe, being bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain. Its territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, both autonomous regions with their own regional governments.
The Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships are the World Championships for acrobatic gymnastics. Before 2006 they were known as the World Sports Acrobatics Championships
Rank | Team | Country | Point |
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Andrew Price, Adam Denny, Adam Dobbs, Adam Smith | 28.450 | ||
Olexander Bondarenko, Vladimir Boychuk, Vladislav Gluchenko, Andrei Perunov | 28.303 | ||
Shen Tao, Chen Liang, Xu Run, Wang Zhen | 28.065 | ||
4 | Artem Trifonov, Igor Zarudny, Alexander Chemodanov, Sergei Shetinin | 27.802 | |
5 | Christopher McGreevy, Mark Poole, Alexander Uttley, Jack Atherton | 27.660 | |
6 | Roman Kenjaev, Alexei Puzyrov, Konstantin Kostin, Nurat Smagulov | 25.856 |
Rank | Team | Country | Point |
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Serhiy Popov, Mikola Cherbak | 29.257 | ||
Alexei Dudchenko, Konstantin Pilipchuk | 28.862 | ||
Adrian Czyz, Pavel Walczweski | 28.151 | ||
4 | Mark Fyson, Christopher Jones | 28.054 | |
5 | Edward Upcott, Reece Durbridge | 27.957 | |
6 | Hugo Teixeira, Telmo Dias | 27.580 |
Rank | Team | Country | Point |
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Revaz Gurgenidze, Anna Katchalova | 29.252 | ||
Maria Kovtun, Anton Glazkov | 28.751 | ||
Michael Rodrigues, Clare Brunson | 28.650 | ||
4 | Robert Tregonin, Alexandra Grayson | 28.555 | |
5 | Beata Surimak, Lukasz Misztela | 28.402 | |
6 | Sergei Zabiyaka, Alona Burlachenko | 27.967 | |
7 | Nedko Kostadinov, Ivona Stefanova | 27.860 | |
8 | Maik Duijhouwer, Ellen Vorsselman | 27.680 |
Rank | Team | Country | Point |
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Elena Kirilova, Elena Moiseeva, Tatiana Alexeeva | 28.900 | ||
Ekaterina Stroynova, Ekaterina Loginova, Albina Zinnurova | 28.889 | ||
Maria Girut, Tatiana Motuz, Alina Starevich | 28.302 | ||
4 | Anna Gorbatenko, Olena Nepytaeva, Olga Vorchuk | 28.154 | |
5 | Emily Collins, Victoria Lamekin, Leanne Turner | 28.070 | |
6 | Tisa Penny, Allysha Kidd, Mariah Henniger | 27.751 | |
7 | Erin Jameson, Claire-Louise Thompson, Grace Blacklock | 27.500 | |
8 | Corinne Van Hombeeck, Maaike Croket, Soen Geirnaert | 26.910 |
Rank | Team | Country | Point |
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Katsiaryna Murashko, Alina Yushko | 28.530 | ||
Anna Melnikova, Yanna Cholaeva | 28.307 | ||
Wang Zhiyue, Liu Yiting | 28.266 | ||
4 | Marina Novikova, Elena Faleva | 28.220 | |
5 | Elena Zhornyak, Anastasia Lomachenko | 28.140 | |
6 | Natalia Kakhntuk, Kristina Maraziuk | 27.740 |
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