# 2006 European Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships

The 2006 European Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships took place in Nottingham, United Kingdom from 24 to 27 August 2006 under the auspices of the European Canoe Association (ECA) at the Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre. It was the 8th edition of the competition for Juniors (U18) and the 4th edition for the Under 23 category. A total of 15 medal events took place. No medals were awarded for the U23 men's C2 team event due to low number of participating countries.

## Medal summary
### Men
#### Canoe
##### Junior

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| C1 | Grzegorz Hedwig (POL) | 199.79 | Dawid Bartos (POL) | 200.35 | Mark Proctor (GBR) | 203.21 |
| C1 team | Poland Grzegorz Hedwig Piotr Szczepański Dawid Bartos | 218.37 | France Sébastien Cardiet Thibaud Vielliard Norbert Neveu | 242.28 | Slovakia Matej Skubík Juraj Ontko Lukáš Gajarský | 242.38 |
| C2 | Robert Gotvald/Jan Vlček (CZE) | 221.79 | Hugo Biso/Pierre Picco (FRA) | 226.42 | Yoan Del Rey/Arthur Grandemange (FRA) | 226.65 |
| C2 team | Slovenia Luka Božič/Sašo Taljat Blaž Oven/Luka Slapšak Jure Janežič/Anže Janežič | 265.60 | Poland Dawid Dobrowolski/Dominik Węglarz Marcin Kasprzak/Karol Kasprzak Michał Salamon/Grzegorz Kwiatek | 267.24 | France Hugo Biso/Pierre Picco Yoan Del Rey/Arthur Grandemange Jeff Mouroux/Cyril Barbier | 278.41 |

##### U23

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| C1 | Alexander Slafkovský (SVK) | 192.08 | Nicolas Peschier (FRA) | 193.43 | Christos Tsakmakis (GRE) | 195.40 |
| C1 team | Poland Adam Czaja Grzegorz Kiljanek Krzysztof Supowicz | 213.17 | Slovenia Jošt Zakrajšek Benjamin Savšek Marko Čivčija | 215.81 | Germany Lukas Hoffmann Vitali Zirka Timo Wirsching | 217.25 |
| C2 | Tomáš Kučera/Ján Bátik (SVK) | 201.01 | Mathieu Voyemant/Damien Troquenet (FRA) | 204.38 | Ladislav Vlček/Martin Hammer (CZE) | 208.78 |
| C2 team (non-medal event) | France Mathieu Fougere/Thomas Fougere Gauthier Klauss/Matthieu Péché Mathieu Voyemant/Damien Troquenet | 235.19 | Germany Daniel Junker/Martin Krenzer Michael Bartsch/Michael Wiedemann Felix Michel/Sebastian Piersig | 241.47 | Czech Republic Jan Zdráhal/Petr Zdráhal Tomáš Koplík/Jakub Vrzáň Ladislav Vlček/Martin Hammer | 248.81 |

#### Kayak
##### Junior

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| K1 | Jan Vondra (CZE) | 186.27 | Lucien Delfour (FRA) | 189.51 | Mateusz Polaczyk (POL) | 192.10 |
| K1 team | Poland Łukasz Polaczyk Jakub Chojnowski Mateusz Polaczyk | 214.30 | Czech Republic Vít Přindiš Tomáš Maslaňák Jan Vondra | 216.11 | Germany Stefan Menke Sebastian Hitz Sven Brabender | 222.66 |

##### U23

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| K1 | Peter Kauzer (SLO) | 179.52 | Dariusz Popiela (POL) | 180.16 | Daniele Molmenti (ITA) | 180.33 |
| K1 team | Poland Henryk Polaczyk Grzegorz Polaczyk Dariusz Popiela | 199.90 | Germany Jürgen Kraus Robert Süssenbach Jens Ewald | 200.78 | Italy Andrea Romeo Enrico Gheno Daniele Molmenti | 206.36 |

### Women
#### Kayak
##### Junior

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| K1 | Kateřina Kudějová (CZE) | 216.21 | Šárka Blažková (CZE) | 218.41 | Urša Kragelj (SLO) | 218.76 |
| K1 team | Germany Stefanie Horn Maren Alberti Cindy Pöschel | 242.72 | Czech Republic Šárka Blažková Kateřina Kudějová Anna Dandová | 252.29 | France Laura Lyphout Claire Jacquet Laura Mangin | 254.81 |

##### U23

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| K1 | Jana Dukátová (SVK) | 197.73 | Melanie Pfeifer (GER) | 204.00 | Dorothée Utz (GER) | 209.08 |
| K1 team | Germany Dorothée Utz Mira Louen Melanie Pfeifer | 231.01 | Great Britain Claire Harrower Louise Donington Lizzie Neave | 243.15 | France Carole Bouzidi Marie-Zélia Lafont Émilie Fer | 244.43 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Poland (POL) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Slovakia (SVK) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Slovenia (SLO) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | France (FRA) | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |