Scotland at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

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Scotland at the
2006 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Scotland.svg
CGF code SCO
CGA Commonwealth Games Scotland
Website goscotland.org
in Melbourne, Australia
Competitors166
Flag bearer (opening)Ian Marsden [1]
Flag bearer (closing) Gregor Tait [1]
Officials70
Medals
Ranked 6th
Gold
11
Silver
7
Bronze
11
Total
29
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

The Commonwealth Games Council for Scotland announced on 3 November 2005 that Scotland would be sending 166 athletes (104 men and 62 women) to compete in the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, supported by 70 officials. This is a smaller team than the country fielded at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, when Scotland sent 207 athletes and 85 officials, winning 6 Gold, 8 Silver and 16 Bronze medals.

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The main team's departure was on 28 February 2006 from Glasgow Airport flying with Emirates Airlines, one of the team's main sponsors. Other sources of financial support are the Clydesdale Bank, sportscotland, the Commonwealth Games Endowment fund, and the Scottish general public.

Scotland had been adversely affected by the withdrawal of judo from the 2006 programme, where it had won many medals in previous games.

Despite the withdrawal of judo the team had a hugely successful games and brought back its highest medal total ever.

The team was sponsored by the Clydesdale Bank.

Medals

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Gold

Boxing:

Gold medal icon.svg Kenneth Anderson, Light Heavyweight 81 kg

Cycling:

Gold medal icon.svg Ross Edgar, Chris Hoy & Craig MacLean, Men's Team Sprint

Bowls:

Gold medal icon.svg Alex Marshall & Paul Foster, Men's Doubles

Shooting:

Gold medal icon.svg Sheena Sharp and Susan Jackson, Women's 50 m Rifle Prone Pairs
Gold medal icon.svg Sheena Sharp, Women's 50 m Rifle Prone Individual

Swimming:

Gold medal icon.svg David Carry, Men's 400 m Freestyle
Gold medal icon.svg David Carry, Men's 400 m Individual Medley
Gold medal icon.svg Caitlin McClatchey, Women's 200 m Freestyle
Gold medal icon.svg Caitlin McClatchey, Women's 400 m Freestyle
Gold medal icon.svg Gregor Tait, Men's 200 m Backstroke
Gold medal icon.svg Gregor Tait, Men's 200 m Individual Medley

Silver

Athletics:

Silver medal icon.svg Chris Baillie, Men's 110 m Hurdles

Cycling:

Silver medal icon.svg Ross Edgar, Men's Sprint

Bowls:

Silver medal icon.svg Joyce Lindores & Kay Moran Women's Bowls Pairs

Shooting:

Silver medal icon.svg Martin Sinclair & Neil Stirton, Men's 50 m Rifle Prone Pairs

Swimming:

Silver medal icon.svg Kirsty Balfour, Women's 200 m Breaststroke
Silver medal icon.svg Euan Dale, Men's Individual Medley
Silver medal icon.svg David Carry, Euan Dale, Andrew Hunter & Robert Renwick, Men's 200 m Freestyle Relay

Bronze

Athletics:

Bronze medal icon.svg Lee McConnell, Women's 400 m Hurdles

Badminton:

Bronze medal icon.svg Susan Hughes, Women's Singles

Cycling:

Bronze medal icon.svg Kate Cullen, Women's Points Race
Bronze medal icon.svg Ross Edgar, Men's Keirin
Bronze medal icon.svg Chris Hoy, Men's 1 km Time Trial
Bronze medal icon.svg James McCallum, Men's Scratch

Gymnastics:

Bronze medal icon.svg Adam Cox, Men's Horizontal Bar

Swimming:

Bronze medal icon.svg Kirsty Balfour, Women's 100 m Breaststroke.
Bronze medal icon.svg Gregor Tait, Men's 100 m Backstroke.
Bronze medal icon.svg Gregor Tait, Todd Cooper, Craig Houston & Kris Gilchrist, Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay.

Weightlifting:

Bronze medal icon.svg Thomas Yule, Men's 94 kg

Scotland's Commonwealth Games Team 2006

Aquatics

Diving

Swimming

Men's
Women's

Athletics

Men's

Women's

Badminton

Men's

Women's

Basketball

Men's

(Non travelling reserves have also been identified.)

Boxing

Cycling

Men's

Women's

Field Hockey

Men's team

Head coach: Mathias Ahrens

Reserves: Gareth Hall and Derek Salmond.

Women's team

Head coach: Lesley Hobley

Reserves: Holly Cram and Katrina Cameron.

Gymnastics

Men's

Women's

Lawn Bowls

Men's

Women

Rugby Sevens

Shooting

Men's

Women's

Squash

Triathlon

Weightlifting

Note

* – athletes with known injuries at time of selection who were required to prove full fitness by 15 January 2006.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Melbourne 2006 Facts". Team Scotland. Archived from the original on 31 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.