Klagenfurt 2006 (; sl, Celovec 2006) was an unsuccessful multi-national bid submitted by Klagenfurt, Austria and the Austrian Olympic Committee to host the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t ...

. It was one of six candidates, but failed to be short-listed. As the failed bid proposed by Tarvisio for the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...

,this bid also planned to use venues placed in Italy and Slovenia. One of the principal motivations was to "demonstrate the unity, harmony, and friendship of a region which has existed and developed as such over centuries, despite changing conditions, separation by political borders and language barriers". The concept was considered to be interesting, but could have resulted in many potential organisational difficulties.

Venues

The proposed venues were located in three countries:, p.32

Austria

* Klagenfurt - ceremonies, main olympic village (Valden), women's ice hockey (Klagenfurt Trade Fairs), figure skating, short track, speed skating, curling (temporary ice rink) *

Nassfeld Nassfeld or Naßfeld ( sl, Mokrine, it, Passo di Pramollo) is a town and ski resort in the district Hermagor-Pressegger See, Hermagor of the Austrian state of Carinthia (state), Carinthia. It is located below the Nassfeld Pass. Lake Pressegg i ...

- alpine skiing (men's downhill, the combined downhill and super-G) * Arnoldstein - alpine skiing (women’s downhill, combined downhill and super-G) *

Hohenthurn Hohenthurn ( sl, Straja vas) is a municipality in the district of Villach-Land in the Austrian state of Carinthia. Congregation structure Hohenthurn consists of two cadastral communities, Dreulach and Hohenthurn, which comprise a total of the fol ...

-Achomitz - biathlon * Bad Kleinkirchheim - snowboard

Italy cluster

* Tarvisio - alpine skiing (women’s slalom, combined slalom and giant slalom), freestyle skiing, cross-country skiing, Nordic combined *

Cortina d'Ampezzo Cortina d'Ampezzo (; lld, Anpezo, ; historical de-AT, Hayden) is a town and ''comune'' in the heart of the southern (Dolomitic) Alps in the Province of Belluno, in the Veneto region of Northern Italy. Situated on the Boite river, in an alp ...

- Eugenio Monti track for bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton

Slovenia cluster

* Ljubljana - men's ice hockey (two venues: Tivoli Hall and University Hall) * Kranjska Gora - alpine skiing (men's slalom, combined slalom and giant slalom) * Planica - ski-jumping, Nordic combined

Aftermath

After selection, Klagenfurt didn't bid for Olympics, but other Austrian town, Salzburg submitted its bid for

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...

and

2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

. Italian Tarvisio previously bid for

and later became a part of a Klagenfurt 2006 bid, but in the very same IOC session another Italian town, Turin was awarded as a host of

References

;Notes {{reflist 2006 Winter Olympics bids *