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2006 FEI World Equestrian Games

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name	2006 FEI World Equestrian Games
logo	2006 FEI WEG logo.jpg
size	200px
host_city	Aachen, Germany
opening
closing
nations	59
athletes	767
events	16 in 7 disciplines
website
previous	[2002](2002-fei-world-equestrian-games)
next	[2010](2010-fei-world-equestrian-games)

The 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games were held in Aachen, Germany from 20 August to 3 September 2006. They were the 5th edition of the games which are held every four years and run by the FEI. It was held in the Soers, a district of Aachen. The main stadium of this event was the Hauptstadion.

Host selection

On 18 September 2002 in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, the FEI awarded the 2006 Games to Aachen. The only other host city applicant was Lexington, Kentucky, United States (which was later awarded the following edition of the Games in 2010).

Events

16 events in 7 disciplines were held in Aachen.

Dressage	Driving	Endurance	Eventing	Jumping	Reining	Vaulting
Individual Freestyle	Individual	Individual	Individual	Individual	Individual	Individual Female
Individual Special	Individual Male
Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team

Participating nations

59 National Equestrian Federations sent athletes to the Aachen games.

ATG Antigua and Barbuda
ARG Argentina
AUS Australia
AUT Austria
BHR Bahrain
BLR Belarus
BEL Belgium
BRA Brazil
BUL Bulgaria
CAN Canada
CHI Chile
COL Colombia
CRO Croatia
CZE Czech Republic
DEN Denmark
DOM Dominican Republic
EGY Egypt
ESA El Salvador
EST Estonia
FIN Finland
FRA France
GEO Georgia
GER Germany
GBR Great Britain
GRE Greece
HUN Hungary
IRL Ireland
ISR Israel
ITA Italy
JAM Jamaica
JPN Japan
JOR Jordan
LBY Libya
LTU Lithuania
LUX Luxembourg
MAS Malaysia
MEX Mexico
NAM Namibia
NED Netherlands
AHO Netherlands Antilles
NZL New Zealand
NOR Norway
OMA Oman
POL Poland
POR Portugal
QAT Qatar
RUS Russia
KSA Saudi Arabia
SVK Slovakia
SLO Slovenia
RSA South Africa
ESP Spain
SWE Sweden
SUI Switzerland
SYR Syria
UKR Ukraine
UAE United Arab Emirates
USA United States
VEN Venezuela

Medal summary

Medalists

Squad vaulting
GER	USA	AUT

Medal count

Officials

The Ground Jury during the 2006 World Equestrian Games was nominated as follows;

;Dressage

GER Dieter Schüle (Ground Jury President)
USA Linda Zang (Ground Jury Member)
NED Ghislain Fouarge (Ground Jury Member)
GBR Stephen Clarke (Ground Jury Member)
FRA Bernard Maurel (Ground Jury Member)
POL Wojtek Markowski (Ground Jury Member)
AUS Mary Seefried (Ground Jury Member)
BEL Mariette Withages (Technical Delegate)

;Jumping

GER Hanno Dohn (Ground Jury President)
SWE Sven Holmberg (Ground Jury Member)
ARG Pablo Mayorga (Ground Jury Member)
IRL Ronan Sugrue (Ground Jury Member)
GER Frank Rothenberger (Course Designer)
FRA Frédéric Cottier (Technical Delegate)

;Eventing

GBR Angela Tucker (Ground Jury President)
USA Brian Ross (Ground Jury Member)
GER Martin Plewa (Ground Jury Member)
GER Rüdiger Schwarz (Course Designer)
BEL Tom Ryckewaert (Technical Delegate)

Broadcasting rights

The television broadcasting rights to the 2006 Games were held by the following networks:

CAN CBC Country Canada
EU Eurosport
FRA Equidia
GER ARD, WDR, ZDF
ITA RAI
NED NOS
SUI SF, TSI, TSR
SWE SVT
UAE Dubai TV
UK BBC
USA HorseTV

References

(2002-09-18). "Aachen-Laurensberger Rennverein awarded with the FEI World Equestrian Games 2006". Aachen-Laurensberger Rennverein.
(21 March 2006). "Sports Schedule". fei.org.
"Broadcast Information". The Virtual Equestrian.

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