Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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Figure Skating
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Figure skating Olympics 2006.png
Venue Palavela
Dates11–24 February 2006
Competitors147 from 35 nations
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Four figure skating events at the 2006 Winter Olympics were held at the Palavela in Turin.

Lithuanian ice dancers Margarita Drobiazko and Povilas Vanagas (who were married in 2000) became the first figure skaters to compete at five Olympics.

Medal summary

Medalists

[1]

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singles
details 		Evgeni Plushenko
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 		Stéphane Lambiel
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 		Jeffrey Buttle
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Ladies' singles
details 		Shizuka Arakawa
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 		Sasha Cohen
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 		Irina Slutskaya
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Pairs
details 		Flag of Russia.svg  Tatiana Totmianina
and Maxim Marinin  (RUS)		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Dan
and Zhang Hao  (CHN)		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Shen Xue
and Zhao Hongbo  (CHN)
Ice dance
details 		Flag of Russia.svg  Tatiana Navka
and Roman Kostomarov  (RUS)		Flag of the United States.svg  Tanith Belbin
and Benjamin Agosto  (USA)		Flag of Ukraine.svg  Elena Grushina
and Ruslan Goncharov  (UKR)

Medal table

[1]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3014
2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1001
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0202
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 0112
5Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 0101
6Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0011
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 0011
Totals (7 entries)44412

Entries

[2]

CountryMenLadiesPairsIce dance
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia Anastasia Grebenkina / Vazgen Azrojan
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Joanne Carter
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Viktor Pfeifer
Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Azerbaijan Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus Sergei Davydov
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Kevin Van Der Perren
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Ivan Dinev Rumiana Spassova / Stanimir Todorov Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Jeffrey Buttle
Emanuel Sandhu
Shawn Sawyer 		Mira Leung
Joannie Rochette 		Jessica Dube / Bryce Davison
Valerie Marcoux / Craig Buntin 		Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon
Megan Wing / Aaron Lowe
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Chengjiang Li
Min Zhang 		Yan Liu Qing Pang / Jian Tong
Xue Shen / Hongbo Zhao
Dan Zhang / Hao Zhang
Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia Idora Hegel
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Tomas Verner
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Elena Glebova Diana Rennik / Aleksei Saks
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Kiira Korpi
Susanna Poykio
Flag of France.svg  France Frederic Dambier
Brian Joubert 		Marylin Pla / Yannick Bonheur Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder
Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Vakhtang Murvanidze Elene Gedevanishvili
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Stefan Lindemann Eva-Maria Fitze / Rico Rex
Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Sinead Kerr / John Kerr
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Zoltan Tóth Viktória Pavuk
Júlia Sebestyén 		Nóra Hoffman / Attila Elek
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovski
Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski
Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy Karel Zelenka Silvia Fontana
Carolina Kostner 		Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali
Barbara Fusar Poli / Maurizio Margaglio
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Daisuke Takahashi Miki Ando
Shizuka Arakawa
Fumie Suguri 		Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Fleur Maxwell
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Dorota Zagorska / Mariusz Siudek Alexandra Kauc / Michal Zych
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea Jong In Han Yong Suk Kim Yong Myong Phyo / Yong Hyok Jong
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Gheorghe Chiper Roxana Luca
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Ilia Klimkin
Evgeni Plushenko 		Irina Slutskaya
Elena Sokolova 		Julia Obertas / Sergei Slavnov
Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov
Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin 		Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin
Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov
Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro.svg  Serbia and Montenegro Trifun Zivanovic
Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Gregor Urbas
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Kristoffer Berntsson
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Stephane Lambiel
Jamal Othman 		Sarah Meier
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Tugba Karademir
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Anton Kovalevski Galina Efremenko
Elena Liashenko 		Julia Beloglazova / Andrei Bekh
Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov 		Julia Golovina / Oleg Voiko
Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Evan Lysacek
Matthew Savoie
Johnny Weir 		Sasha Cohen
Emily Hughes
Kimmie Meissner 		Marcy Hinzmann / Aaron Parchem
Rena Inoue / John Baldwin 		Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto
Melissa Gregory / Denis Petukhov
Jamie Silverstein / Ryan O'Meara
Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan Anastasia Gimazetdinova Marina Aganina / Artem Knyazev

Champions Gala

The traditional Figure Skating Champions Gala took place on February 24 at Palavela, featuring exhibition performances by the top five placers in the four figure skating events and all the Italian skaters. Pairs skaters Zhang and Zhang (second in pairs) did not participate in the gala.

The following is a partial list of skaters who appeared in the Champions Gala (in order of skate):

Faiella and Scali (Italian dance team), Karel Zelenka (Italian men skater), Silvia Fontana (Italian ladies skater), Denkova and Staviski (fifth in dance), Joannie Rochette (fifth in ladies), Inoue and John Baldwin (seventh in pairs), Johnny Weir (fifth in men), Delobel and Schoenfelder (fourth in dance), Fumie Suguri (fourth in ladies), Petrova and Tikhonov (fifth in pairs), Evan Lysacek (fourth in men), Grushina and Goncharov (third in dance), Irina Slutskaya (third in ladies), Fusar-Poli and Margaglio (Italian dance team), Carolina Kostner (Italian ladies skater), Pang and Tong (fourth in pairs), Jeffrey Buttle (third in men), Belbin and Agosto (second in dance), Sasha Cohen (second in ladies), Shen and Zhao (third in pairs), Stéphane Lambiel (second in men), Navka and Kostomarov (first in dance), Shizuka Arakawa (first in ladies), Totmianina and Marinin (first in pairs), and Evgeni Plushenko (first in men).[ citation needed ]

Russian pair Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin and Evgeni Plushenko skate accompanied by Edvin Marton at the violin, playing from the ice.

At the end of the gala, the skaters all gathered together to close the show with their bows.

Participating NOCs

[1] Thirty-five nations contributed figure skaters to the events at Torino.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Torino 2006 Official Report - Figure Skating" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 12, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2009.
  2. ↑ "XX Olympic Winter Games". ISUResults. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
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