The FIS Nordic Junior and U23 World Ski Championships 2006 took place in Kranj, Slovenia from 30 January to 5 February 2006. It was the 29th Junior World Championships. This was the first time that the Under-23 World Championships and the Junior World Champions were held at the same time and location.
This was the first championship where women competed in ski jumping. Juliane Seyfarth of Germany became the first female junior world champion by winning the normal hill event on 2 February 2006.
Medal summary Junior events Cross-country skiing Men's Junior Events Men's junior sprint freePetter Northug Daniel Heun Anton Smirnov Men's junior 10 kilometre classicPetter Northug 26:33.2Martin Jakš 26:58.4Dario Cologna 27:53.6 Men's junior 20 kilometre pursuitPetter Northug 51:34.3Ilia Chernousov 51:39.6Martin Jakš 51:45.8 Men's junior 4 × 5 km relay Glenn ElvestadEirik Kurland OlsenEirik SævesPetter Northug 47:15.7 Nikolay MorilovYuriy VinogradovAndrey ParfenovIlia Chernousov 47:30.5 Aleš RazýmJan KrskaOndřej HorynaMartin Jakš 47:31.4 Women's Junior Events Women's junior sprint freeAstrid Jacobsen Natalya Matveyeva Celine Brun-Lie Women's junior 5 kilometre classicAstrid Jacobsen 13:57.9Eva Nývltová 14:16.3Charlotte Kalla 14:30.6 Charlotte Kalla 29:12.2Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen 29:21.8Eva Nývltová 29:38.8 Ingunn WeltzienMarit Liland FredriksenMarte EldenBetty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen 34:59.0 Emma BergmanAnna SimbergAnna HanssonCharlotte Kalla 35:04.2 Nina RyusinaLarisa ShaidurovaTatyana MorogovaSvetlana Ovchinnikova 35:14.6
Nordic Combined Normal hill/5 kmTom Beetz 13:06.3Akito Watabe 13:08.9Miroslav Dvořák 13:16.7 Normal hill/10 kmFrançois Braud 29:59.9Tom Beetz 30:47.6Miroslav Dvořák 30:50.0 Toni EnglertRuben WeldeStefan TussTom Beetz 55:42.3 Tomaz DrumlTobias KammerlanderMarco PichlmayerAlfred Rainer 55:42.6 Jonas NermoenJoakim AakvikTorkil Rasmussen AamThomas Kjelbotn 56:12.4
Ski jumping Men's Junior Events Gregor Schlierenzauer 259.6Jurij Tepeš 249.4Andrea Morassi 247.4 Men's junior team normal hill Arthur PauliThomas ThurnbichlerMario InnauerGregor Schlierenzauer 930.6 Jernej KošnjekPrimož RogličJurij TepešRobert Hrgota 927.7 Naoya ToyamaYuhei SasakiShohhei TochimotoKenshiro Ito 900.8 Women's Junior Events Juliane Seyfarth 255.8Atsuko Tanaka 223.4Elena Runggaldier 217.8
Under-23 events Cross-country skiing Men's Under-23 Events Men's Under-23 sprint freeHarald Wurm Josef Wenzl Marcus Hellner Men's Under-23 15 kilometre classicFranz Göring 38:23.9Maxim Bulgakov 39:09.0Alexander Legkov 39:19.5 Men's Under-23 30 kilometre pursuitAlexander Legkov 1:17:19.7Sergey Shiryayev 1:17:33.6Franz Göring 1:17:35.6 Women's Under-23 Events Women's Under-23 sprint freeGuro Strøm Solli Valentina Novikova Nicole Fessel Justyna Kowalczyk 28:07.0Irina Artemova 28:30.9Yuliya Chekalyova 28:36.9 Justyna Kowalczyk 44:14.7Irina Artemova 44:41.2Yuliya Chekalyova 44:54.5
Medal tables All events
Junior events
Under-23 events
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