2006 Volos European Championships

2006 Volos European Championships
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City	Volos, Greece
Team Gold Medalist	Senior: Italy Vanessa Ferrari Carlotta Giovannini Monica Bergamelli Lia Parolari Federica Macri Junior: Russia Daria Elizarova Karina Myasnikova Elena Kokareva Ksenia Afanasyeva Nadezhda Chikhireva
Junior All-Around Gold Medalist	Daria Elizarova (RUS)
Vault Gold Medalist	Senior: Anna Grudko (RUS) Junior: Karina Myasnikova (RUS)
Uneven Bars Gold Medalist	Senior: Beth Tweddle (GBR) Junior: Karina Myasnikova (RUS)
Balance Beam Gold Medalist	Senior: Cătălina Ponor (ROU) Junior: Daria Elizarova (RUS)
Floor Exercise Gold Medalist	Senior: Sandra Izbaşa (ROU) Junior: Aluissa Lacusteanu (ROU)
Preceded by	2005 Debrecen European Championships
Succeeded by	2007 Amsterdam European Championships

The 26th European Artistic Gymnastics Championships took place in Volos, Greece in 2006.

Format of Competition

The competition was split into junior and senior divisions. For the seniors, all participating gymnasts, including those who were not part of a team, participated in a qualification round. The results of this competition determined which teams and individuals participated in the remaining competitions, which included:

• The team competition, in which the eight highest scoring teams from qualifications competed. Each team of five gymnasts could only have three gymnasts perform on each apparatus, and all three scores counted toward the team total.
• The event finals, in which the eight highest scoring individuals on each apparatus competed. Each country was limited to two gymnasts in each apparatus final.

For the juniors, the qualification round also served as the team final. Each team of six gymnasts could only have three gymnasts perform on each apparatus, and all three scores counted toward the team total. The results of this competition determined which teams and individuals participated in the remaining competitions, which included:

• The all-around competition, in which only the twenty-four highest scoring individuals in the all-around competed. Each country was limited to only two gymnasts in the all-around final.
• The event finals, in which the eight highest scoring individuals on each apparatus competed. Each country was limited to two gymnasts in each apparatus final.

This was also the first European Championships to use the new scoring system from the 2006 Code of Points.

Competition Schedule

April 27	Qualifications
April 28	Junior Team Final & All-Around
April 29	Senior Team Final
April 30	Senior Event Finals
	Junior Event Finals

Results

Seniors

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	Italy Vanessa Ferrari Carlotta Giovannini Monica Bergamelli Lia Parolari Federica Macri	Romania Cătălina Ponor Sandra Izbaşa Alina Stanculescu Steliana Nistor Florica Leonida	Russia Anna Grudko Yulia Lozhechko Irina Isayeva Polina Miller Nadezhda Ivanova
Vault	Anna Grudko Russia (RUS)	Olga Scherbatykh Ukraine (UKR)	Katja Abel Germany (GER)
Uneven Bars	Beth Tweddle Great Britain (GBR)	File:800px-Flag of the Czech Republic.png Jana Sikulova Czech Republic (CZE)	Lenika de Simone Spain (ESP)
Balance Beam	Cătălina Ponor Romania (ROU)	Lenika de Simone Spain (ESP)	Marina Proskurina Ukraine (UKR) Sandra Izbaşa Romania (ROU)
Floor Exercise	Sandra Izbaşa Romania (ROU)	Vanessa Ferrari Italy (ITA)	Cătălina Ponor Romania (ROU)

Juniors

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	Russia Daria Elizarova Karina Myasnikova Elena Kokareva Ksenia Afanasyeva Nadezhda Chikhireva	Romania Cerasela Pătraşcu Andreea Grigore Aluissa Lacusteanu Alexandra Ghita Madalina Gutu	Germany Marie-Sophie Hindermann Anja Brinker Joeline Moebius Lisa Hill Dorothee Henzler
All-Around	Daria Elizarova Russia (RUS)	Karina Myasnikova Russia (RUS)	Marie-Sophie Hindermann Germany (GER)
Vault	Karina Myasnikova Russia (RUS)	Marie-Sophie Hindermann Germany (GER)	Mandy Loes Luxembourg (LUX)
Uneven Bars	Karina Myasnikova Russia (RUS)	Elena Kokareva Russia (RUS)	Marie-Sophie Hindermann Germany (GER)
Balance Beam	Daria Elizarova Russia (RUS)	Andreea Grigore Romania (ROU)	Aluissa Lacusteanu Romania (ROU)
Floor Exercise	Aluissa Lacusteanu Romania (ROU)	Andreea Grigore Romania (ROU)	Gaëlle Mys Belgium (BEL)

Notable Moments

• Italy won the senior team final for the first time.
• Romania's Cătălina Ponor became the first gymnast to win three consecutive European titles on one event (balance beam) since Nadia Comăneci in 1979. 

Medal Count

Rank	Country				Total
1	Romania	3	4	3	10
2	Russia	6	2	1	9
3	Italy	1	1	0	2
4	Ukraine	0	1	1	2
5	Spain	0	1	1	2
6	Great Britain	1	0	0	1
7	File:800px-Flag of the Czech Republic.png Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
8	Germany	0	1	4	1
9	Luxembourg	0	0	1	1
10	Belgium	0	0	1	1