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The 2006 Winter Olympics ( Italian: 2006 Olimpiadi invernali ), officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( Italian: XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February in Turin, Italy. This marked the second time Italy had hosted the Winter Olympics, the first being in 1956 in ...
The Turin Olympic Games were particularly satisfying for Sweden, which had not won a gold medal at either of the previous two Winter Games. In 2006, Swedish athletes won seven Olympic events: men’s ice hockey, women’s curling, women’s Alpine skiing and biathlon and three in cross-country skiing.
Jun 3, 2024 · Turin 2006 Olympic Winter Games, athletic festival held in Turin, Italy, that took place Feb. 10–26, 2006. The Turin Games were the 20th occurrence of the Winter Olympic Games. In 2006 the Winter Games returned to Italy after a 50-year absence. Unlike the 1956 Games, which were held in the small resort town of Cortina d’Ampezzo, the 2006 Games
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Feb 2, 2010 · The Olympic flag is carried during the Closing Ceremony of the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games. ( (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) The Numbers. Number of nations: 80. Nations that medalled: 26. Number of ...
For the 2006 Winter Olympics, it hosted the opening and closing ceremonies. For the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, a total of fifteen sports venues were used. Venue construction ran from 2002 to 2005. Cesana Pariol had to have turns 17 and 18 modified following the Luge World Cup in January 2005, but they were not cleared out until ...
Aug 7, 2011 · Turin was a first ballot selection to host the 2006 Olympic Winter Games, the first time the Winter Games would be held in Italy in 50 years. For the seventh straight Winter Games, Canada improved upon its medal total, achieving another best ever with 24. This time, Canada also broke into the top three in the medal table, finishing behind only Germany (29) and the United States (25).
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TORINO 2006 The Olympic Winter Games were held in Turin from 10 to 26 February 2006. The Turin Games comprised seven different sports and 15 different disciplines, which were played out in eight different competition sites. Around 2,500 athletes, 650 judges and umpires and over 900,000 spectators participated in this 20th edition of the Winter ...
