The 2006

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was a senior international figure skating competition sanctioned by the

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. It was held at the

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from March 19 to 26, 2006.

Medal table

Competition notes

The competition was open to skaters from ISU member nations who had reached the age of 15 by July 1, 2005. The corresponding competition for younger skaters was the 2006 World Junior Championships. Based on the results of the 2005 World Championships, each country was allowed between one and three entries per discipline. National associations selected their entries based on their own criteria. None of the gold medalists from the

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competed at the 2006 World Championships.

Stéphane Lambiel Stéphane Lambiel (born 2 April 1985) is a Swiss former competitive figure skater who now works as a coach and choreographer. He is a two-time (2005–2006) World champion, the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, a two-time (2005, 2007) Grand Prix F ...

, the only defending World champion, won his event. The

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was the Ravensburger Waltz. Due to the large number of participants, the ladies and men's qualifying groups were split into groups A and B. This was the last World Championships to have a qualifying round. Following the 2006 Worlds, the ISU Congress voted to remove it. Following these Worlds, all skaters would compete in the short program, with the top twenty-four then advancing to the free skating.

Results

Men

Panel of judges Men's Qualifying Group A *

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Junko Hiramatsu is a Japanese former competitive figure skater who is now a coach and International Skating Union (ISU) official. She is a five-time Japanese national champion and represented Japan twice at the Winter Olympics, in 1960 and 1964. She was the ...

* Technical Controller: Steve Winkler * Technical Specialist: Pirjo Uimonen * Assistant Technical Specialist: Isabel Duval de Navarre * Judge No.1 Katarina Grof Mitrovic * Judge No.2 Merja Kosonen * Judge No.3 Stanislava Smidova * Judge No.4 Karin Ehrhardt * Judge No.5 Francis Betsch * Judge No.6 Igor Obraztsov * Judge No.7 Deborah Islam * Judge No.8 Allan Böhm * Judge No.9

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* Judge No.10 Nobuhiko Yoshioka Panel of judges Men's Qualifying Group B * Referee: Ubavka Novakovic-Kutinou * Technical Controller: Benoit Lavoie * Technical Specialist: Scott Davis * Assistant Technical Specialist: Isabel Duval de Navarre * Judge No.1 Paolo Pizzocari * Judge No.2

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* Judge No.3 Jiasheng Yang * Judge No.4 Marina Beschea * Judge No.5

Heinz-Ulrich Walther Heinz-Ulrich Walther (born 11 March 1943) is a German former pair skater who represented East Germany and the United Team of Germany in competition. With Heidemarie Steiner, he is the 1970 World bronze medalist and a three-time European bronz ...

* Judge No.6 Teri Sedej * Judge No.7 Beatrice Pfister * Judge No.8 Alfred Korytek * Judge No.9

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* Judge No.10 Margaret Worsfold Panel of judges Men's Short program * Referee:

* Technical Controller: Benoit Lavoie * Technical Specialist: Scott Davis * Assistant Technical Specialist: Pirjo Uimonen * Judge No.1 Beatrice Pfister * Judge No.2 Francis Betsch * Judge No.3 Deborah Islam * Judge No.4 Nobuhiko Yoshioka * Judge No.5 Merja Kosonen * Judge No.6 Jiasheng Yang * Judge No.7

* Judge No.8 Alfred Kprytek * Judge No.9 Allan Böhm * Judge No.10 Stanislava Smidova * Judge No.11 Teri Sedej * Judge No.12 Marina Beschea Panel of judges Men's Free skating * Referee:

* Judge No.8 Alfred Korytek * Judge No.9 Allan Böhm * Judge No.10 Stanislava Smidova * Judge No.11 Teri Sedej * Judge No.12 Marina Beschea

Ladies

Pairs

Ice dancing

External links

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