# Biathlon Junior World Championships 2006

The 2006 Biathlon Junior World Championships was held in Presque Isle, United States from January 28 to February 3, 2006. There was to be a total of 16 competitions: sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start, and relay races for men and women.

## Medal winners
### Youth Women

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 10 km individual details | Veronika Vítková Czech Republic | 39:12.5 (2+2+0+1) | Irina Starykh Russia | 39:29.0 (0+2+0+2) | Olena Pidhrushna Ukraine | 39:52.5 (2+1+1+0) |
| 6 km sprint details | Olga Vilukhina Russia | 19:42.0 (1+0) | Irina Starykh Russia | 20:14.6 (0+1) | Tamara Barič Slovenia | 20:26.3 (1+2) |
| 7.5 km pursuit details | Tamara Barič Slovenia | 23:18.5 (2+0+1+0) | Iris Schwabl Austria | 24:03.9 (1+1+0+2) | Olga Vilukhina Russia | 24:13.7 (1+0+2+2) |
| 3 × 6 km relay details | Austria Iris Schwabl Anna Hufnagl Elisabeth Mayer | 59:13.1 (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) | Russia Olga Vilukhina Evgenia Seledtsova Irina Starykh | 59:53.5 (0+0) (0+3) (0+2) (2+3) (0+1) (0+3) | France Marine Dusser Marine Bolliet Laure Soulie | 1:00:15.6 (1+3) (0+1) (0+0) (0+3) (0+1) (0+2) |

### Junior Women

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 12.5 km individual details | Marion Blondeau France | 41:40.1 (0+1+0+2) | Pauline Macabies France | 42:04.4 (0+1+2+0) | Carolin Hennecke Germany | 42:42.1 (1+1+1+0) |
| 7.5 km sprint details | Carolin Hennecke Germany | 22:13.1 (1+0) | Magdalena Neuner Germany | 22:17.9 (1+3) | Marion Blondeau France | 22:28.9 (1+1) |
| 10 km pursuit details | Magdalena Neuner Germany | 31:30.2 (0+1+0+1) | Marion Blondeau France | 34:09.0 (1+0+2+2) | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 35:36.9 (2+1+2+1) |
| 3 × 6 km relay details | Germany Stephanie Müller Magdalena Neuner Carolin Hennecke | 1:01:39.8 (0+2) (0+3) (0+2) (2+3) (0+0) (0+2) | France Pauline Macabies Marie Dorin Marion Blondeau | 1:02:09.5 (0+0) (1+3) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) | Russia Svetlana Sleptsova Anna Kunaeva Ekaterina Shumilova | 1:02:40.2 (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+3) (0+0) (0+3) |

### Youth Men

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 12.5 km individual details | Tarjei Bø Norway | 33:37.1 (0+0+0+1) | Łukasz Szczurek Poland | 35:29.6 (1+0+0+1) | Dominik Landertinger Austria | 36:00.3 (0+1+1+0) |
| 7.5 km sprint details | Arild Askestad Norway | 19:45.9 (1+1) | Florian Graf Germany | 20:01.7 (2+1) | Alexander Ogarkov Russia | 20:05.7 (1+0) |
| 10 km pursuit details | Arild Askestad Norway | 29:24.6 (1+1+0+1) | Tarjei Bø Norway | 30:06.4 (2+1+2+1) | Alexander Ogarkov Russia | 30:08.3 (0+1+2+1) |
| 3 × 7.5 km relay details | Russia Anton Shipulin Alexander Starykh Alexander Ogarkov | 59:14.5 (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) | Austria Sven Grossegger Daniel Salvenmoser Dominik Landertinger | 59:33.2 (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) | Belarus Yuryi Liadov Igor Tabola Evgeny Abramenko | 1:02:23.3 (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (1+3) (0+1) (1+3) |

### Junior Men

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 15 km individual details | Evgeny Ustyugov Russia | 43:14.1 (0+1+0+1) | Kiril Vasilev Bulgaria | 44:07.1 (0+0+0+1) | Petr Hradecký Czech Republic | 44:47.5 (0+1+0+3) |
| 10 km sprint details | Petr Hradecký Czech Republic | 26:48.1 (0+1) | Vincent Jay France | 27:06.9 (1+1) | Jean-Philippe Leguellec Canada | 27:10.5 (1+0) |
| 12.5 km pursuit details | Evgeny Ustyugov Russia | 33:18.1 (1+2+0+1) | Kiril Vasilev Bulgaria | 33:24.6 (0+0+0+1) | Petr Hradecký Czech Republic | 33:46.8 (1+2+0+1) |
| 4 × 7.5 km relay details | France Alexis Bœuf Damien Gehin Arnaud Langel Vincent Jay | 1:25:20.4 (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+2) (0+3) (0+2) | Russia Kirill Shcherbakov Alexander Kopytov Alexey Chudov Evgeny Ustyugov | 1:25:29.7 (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+2) (2+3) (0+0) (0+2) | Germany Norman Jahn Daniel Böhm Jens Zimmer Christoph Stephan | 1:25:55.0 (0+1) (1+3) (0+1) (1+3) (0+0) (0+3) (0+3) (0+3) |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Norway (NOR) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |