# 2006 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships

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

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men's Junior Events |||||||
| Men's junior sprint free | Petter Northug Norway | | Daniel Heun Germany | | Anton Smirnov Russia | |
| Men's junior 10 kilometre classic | Petter Northug Norway | 26:33.2 | Martin Jakš Czech Republic | 26:58.4 | Dario Cologna Switzerland | 27:53.6 |
| Men's junior 20 kilometre pursuit | Petter Northug Norway | 51:34.3 | Ilia Chernousov Russia | 51:39.6 | Martin Jakš Czech Republic | 51:45.8 |
| Men's junior 4 × 5 km relay | Norway Glenn Elvestad Eirik Kurland Olsen Eirik Sæves Petter Northug | 47:15.7 | Russia Nikolay Morilov Yuriy Vinogradov Andrey Parfenov Ilia Chernousov | 47:30.5 | Czech Republic Aleš Razým Jan Krska Ondřej Horyna Martin Jakš | 47:31.4 |
| Women's Junior Events |||||||
| Women's junior sprint free | Astrid Jacobsen Norway | | Natalya Matveyeva Russia | | Celine Brun-Lie Norway | |
| Women's junior 5 kilometre classic | Astrid Jacobsen Norway | 13:57.9 | Eva Nývltová Czech Republic | 14:16.3 | Charlotte Kalla Sweden | 14:30.6 |
| Women's junior 10 kilometre pursuit | Charlotte Kalla Sweden | 29:12.2 | Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen Norway | 29:21.8 | Eva Nývltová Czech Republic | 29:38.8 |
| Women's junior 4 × 3.33 km relay | Norway Ingunn Weltzien Marit Liland Fredriksen Marte Elden Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen | 34:59.0 | Sweden Emma Bergman Anna Simberg Anna Hansson Charlotte Kalla | 35:04.2 | Russia Nina Ryusina Larisa Shaidurova Tatyana Morogova Svetlana Ovchinnikova | 35:14.6 |

#### Nordic Combined

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Normal hill/5 km | Tom Beetz Germany | 13:06.3 | Akito Watabe Japan | 13:08.9 | Miroslav Dvořák Czech Republic | 13:16.7 |
| Normal hill/10 km | François Braud France | 29:59.9 | Tom Beetz Germany | 30:47.6 | Miroslav Dvořák Czech Republic | 30:50.0 |
| Team normal hill/4 × 5 km | Germany Toni Englert Ruben Welde Stefan Tuss Tom Beetz | 55:42.3 | Austria Tomaz Druml Tobias Kammerlander Marco Pichlmayer Alfred Rainer | 55:42.6 | Norway Jonas Nermoen Joakim Aakvik Torkil Rasmussen Aam Thomas Kjelbotn | 56:12.4 |

#### Ski jumping

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men's Junior Events |||||||
| Men's junior individual normal hill | Gregor Schlierenzauer Austria | 259.6 | Jurij Tepeš Slovenia | 249.4 | Andrea Morassi Italy | 247.4 |
| Men's junior team normal hill | Austria Arthur Pauli Thomas Thurnbichler Mario Innauer Gregor Schlierenzauer | 930.6 | Slovenia Jernej Košnjek Primož Roglič Jurij Tepeš Robert Hrgota | 927.7 | Japan Naoya Toyama Yuhei Sasaki Shohhei Tochimoto Kenshiro Ito | 900.8 |
| Women's Junior Events |||||||
| Women's junior individual normal hill | Juliane Seyfarth Germany | 255.8 | Atsuko Tanaka Canada | 223.4 | Elena Runggaldier Italy | 217.8 |

### Under-23 events
#### Cross-country skiing

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men's Under-23 Events |||||||
| Men's Under-23 sprint free | Harald Wurm Austria | | Josef Wenzl Germany | | Marcus Hellner Sweden | |
| Men's Under-23 15 kilometre classic | Franz Göring Germany | 38:23.9 | Maxim Bulgakov Russia | 39:09.0 | Alexander Legkov Russia | 39:19.5 |
| Men's Under-23 30 kilometre pursuit | Alexander Legkov Russia | 1:17:19.7 | Sergey Shiryayev Russia | 1:17:33.6 | Franz Göring Germany | 1:17:35.6 |
| Women's Under-23 Events |||||||
| Women's Under-23 sprint free | Guro Strøm Solli Norway | | Valentina Novikova Russia | | Nicole Fessel Germany | |
| Women's Under-23 10 kilometre classic | Justyna Kowalczyk Poland | 28:07.0 | Irina Artemova Russia | 28:30.9 | Yuliya Chekalyova Russia | 28:36.9 |
| Women's Under-23 15 kilometre pursuit | Justyna Kowalczyk Poland | 44:14.7 | Irina Artemova Russia | 44:41.2 | Yuliya Chekalyova Russia | 44:54.5 |

### Medal tables
#### All events

* Host nation (Slovenia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Norway (NOR) | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Austria (AUT) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 8 | 5 | 14 |
| 6 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 9 | Slovenia (SVN)* | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 |

#### Junior events

* Host nation (Slovenia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Norway (NOR) | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Austria (AUT) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | Slovenia (SVN)* | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |

#### Under-23 events

* Host nation (Slovenia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |