Australia at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Australia  at the Commonwealth Games
: Flag of Australia CGF Code = AUS
At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia
Competitors
Flag bearer	Opening: Jane Saville (Athletics) Closing: Leisel Jones (Swimming)
Medals Rank: 1st	Gold 84	Silver 69	Bronze 69	Total 222
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Australian commemorative coin for the 2006 games

Australia at the 2006 Commonwealth Games was represented by Australian Commonwealth Games Association the (ACGA), and abbreviated AUS. Athletes from Australia were given automatic qualification in all sports due to the host status.

Australia first competed at the then-titled British Empire Games in 1930, and is one of only six countries to have sent athletes to every Commonwealth Games.

Australia entered the Melbourne Games as a strong favourite to win the medal tally after having won 207 medals at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester compared to England's 165 and Canada's 116. Its strongest sports are swimming and cycling.

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Australia was, as expected, at the top of the medal tally with 221 medals: 84 Gold (a new record), 69 Silver and 68 Bronze.

Australia's overall tally of medals is 1707 medals: 643 Gold, 556 Silver and 508 Bronze.

Jane Saville bore Australia's flag at the opening ceremony whilst Leisel Jones bore the flag during the closing ceremony.

Medals

Gold

• Ben Turner Weightlifting Men's 69kg
• Alex Karepyten Weightlifting Men's 94kg
• Deborah Lovely Weightlifting Women's 75kg
• Chris Rae Weightlifting Men's 105+kg
• Natalie Grinham Squash Women's Singles
• Natalie Grinham & Rachael Grinham Squash Women's doubles
• Natalie Grinham & Joe Kneipp Squash Mixed doubles
• Australian women's basketball team
• John Steffensen Men's 400 m
• Stephanie Rice Women's 200 m Individual Medley
• Anna Meares Women's 500 m Time Trial
• Ben Kersten Men's 1 km Time Trial
• David Moore and Daniel Repacholi Men's 50 m Pistol Pairs
• Leisel Jones Women's 50 m Breaststroke
• Danni Miatke Women's 50 m Butterfly
• Ryan Bayley Men's Keirin
• Katherine Bates Women's 25 km Points Race
• Australia Women's Gymnastics Team
• Australia Women's Trap Pairs
• Adam Vella and Michael Diamond Men's Trap Pairs
• Sean Finning Men's 40 km Points Race
• Emma Snowsill Women's Triathlon
• Bradley Kahlefeldt Men's Triathlon
• Matthew Cowdrey Men's 50 m EAD Freestyle
• Libby Lenton Women's 100 m Freestyle
• Australia Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay
• Ryan Bayley Men's Sprint
• Joshua Jefferis Gymnastics Men's All-Around
• Chloe Sims Gymnastics Women's All-Around
• Ben Turner Weightlifting Men's 69 kg
• Kerryn McCann Women's marathon
• Russell Mark and Craig Trembath Men's double trap pairs
• Women's 10 m air pistol pairs
• Matthew Cowdrey Men's 100 m EAD Freestyle
• Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay
• Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay
• Australia Mark Casey, Bill Cornehls and Wayne Turley Men's Triples Lawn Bowls
• Kelvin Kerkow Men's Singles Lawn Bowls

• Hollie Dykes Gymnastics Women's Floor Exercise

Silver

• Simon Heffernan Weightlifting Men's 94kg
• Damon Kelly Weightlifting Men's 105+kg
• David Palmer Men's Squash Singles
• Rachel Grinham Women's Squash Singles
• Stewart Boswell & Anthony Ricketts Squash Men's Doubles
• Hollie Dykes Women's Gymnastics Balance Beam
• Ashleigh Brennan Women's Gymnastics Floor Exercise
• Libby Lenton Women's 200 m Freestyle
• Travis Nederpelt Men's 200 m Butterfly
• Brooke Hanson Women's 200 m Individual Medley
• Australia Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
• Australia Men's Team Arsistic
• Australia Women's 25 m Pistol Pairs
• Jessicah Schipper Women's 50 m Butterfly
• Jade Edmistone Women's 50 m Breaststroke
• Rochelle Gilmore Women's Points Rac

Panai women's points

• Dannielle Liesch & Irena Olevsky Synchronised Swimming Duet[1]

Bronze

• Erika Yamasaki Weightlifting Women's 48 kg
• Nadeene Latif Weightlifting Women's 53kg
• Natasha Barker Weightlifting Women's 58kg
• David Palmer & Dan Jenson Squash Men's Doubles
• David Palmer & Rachael Grinham Squash Mixed doubles
• Joshua Krogh Men's 200 m Butterfly
• Lara Carroll Women's 200 m Individual Medlay
• Kerry Meares Women's 500 m Time Trial
• Alice Mills Women's 50 m Butterfly
• Tarnee White Women's 50 m Breaststroke
• Annabelle Williams Women's 50 m freestyle EAD
• Hollie Dykes Women's Gymnastics All-Around
• Naomi Russell Women's Gymnastics Vault
• Monette Russo Women's Gymnastics Uneven Bars

Australia's Commonwealth Games Team 2006

Aquatics

Swimming

• Ben Austin
• Bronte Barratt
• Sam Bramham
• Leith Brodie
• Ash Callus
• Lara Carroll
• Lichelle Clarke
• Matthew Cowdrey
• Sophie Edington
• Jade Edmistone
• Joanna Fargus
• Nicholas Ffrost
• Sally Foster
• Felicity Galvez
• Melissa Gorman
• Brooke Hanson
• Alex Harris
• Brett Hawke
• Jodie Henry
• Leisel Jones
• Michael Klim
• Joshua Krogh
• Andrew Lauterstein
• Lisbeth Lenton
• Katrina Lewis
• Linda Mackenzie
• Andrew Mewing
• Danni Miatke
• Alice Mills
• Kenrick Monk
• Travis Nederpelt
• Kylie Palmer
• Sarah Paton
• Adam Pine
• Jim Piper
• Shayne Reese
• Jennifer Reilly
• Stephanie Rice
• Andrew Richards
• Brenton Rickard
• Giaan Rooney
• Jessicah Schipper
• Caroline South
• Christian Sprenger
• Craig Stevens
• Kelly Stubbins
• Eamon Sullivan
• Matthew Targett
• Ian Thorpe
• Prue Watt
• Matt Welsh
• Tarnee White
• Annabelle Williams
• Tayliah Zimmer

Synchronised Swimming

• Irena Olevsky (Vic) – Solo
• Irena Olevsky (Vic) – Duet
• Dannielle Liesch (Vic) – Duet
• Luda Plotnikova (Vic) – Reserve

Diving

• Loudy Tourky
• Matthew Mitcham
• Sharlene Stratton
• Scott Robertson

Athletics

• Steven Hooker – Pole Vault
• Fabrice Lapierre – Long Jump
• Dani Samuels – Discus
• John Steffensen – Men's 400 m

Badminton

Men's

• Ashley Brehaut (Vic)
• Stuart Brehaut (Vic)
• Travis Denney (WA)
• Ross Smith (Vic)
• Glenn Warfe (Vic)

Women's

• Erin Carroll (Vic)
• Foong Meng Cheah (Vic)
• Kellie Lucas (Vic)
• Tania Luiz (Vic)

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

• C.J. Bruton
• Bradley Davidson
• Russell Hinder
• Jacob Holmes
• Luke Kendall
• Sam MacKinnon
• Neil Mottram
• Brad Newley
• Paul Rogers
• Anthony Ronaldson
• Jason Smith
• Mark Worthington

Women's Team Competition

• Tully Bevilaqua
• Jae Cross
• Hollie Grima
• Jacinta Hamilton
• Katrina Hibbert
• Lauren Jackson
• Emily McInerny
• Erin Phillips
• Belinda Snell
• Laura Summerton
• Jenny Whittle
• Carly Wilson

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Emmanuel Fernando

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Bradley Hore

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Nathan Di Carlo

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Luke Jackson

Men's Light Welterweight (– 64 kg)

• Todd Kidd

Men's Welterweight (– 69 kg)

• Gerard O'Mahony

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Jarrod Fletcher

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

• Ben McEachran

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

• Bradley Pitt

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

• Steven Rudic

Cycling

Men's Competition

• Ryan Bayley
• Allan Davis
• Peter Dawson
• Ben Day
• Sean Finning
• Joshua Fleming
• Matthew Goss
• Mathew Hayman
• Ashley Hutchinson
• Mark Jamieson
• Chris Jongewaard
• Shane Kelly
• Aaron Kemps
• Ben Kersten
• Josiah Ng
• Nathan O'Neill
• Shane Perkins
• Sid Taberlay
• William Walker
• Stephen Wooldridge

Women's Competition

• Katherine Bates
• Natalie Bates
• Claire Baxter
• Sara Carrigan
• Emma Colson
• Rochelle Gilmore
• Olivia Gollan
• Katie Mactier
• Anna Meares
• Kerrie Meares
• Alexis Rhodes
• Dellys Starr
• Kathy Watt
• Oenone Wood

EAD Events

Table Tennis

• Joy Boyd (NSW)
• Catherine Morrow (Vic)
• Jane Wallis (Vic)

Aquatics

• Matthew Cowdrey
• Ben Austin
• Sam Bramham
• Alex Harris
• Katrina Lewis
• Annabelle Williams
• Prudence Watt
• Lichelle Clarke

Gymnastics

Rhythmic

• Naazmi Johnston, Qld
• Amy Khera, Vic
• Kimberley Mason, NSW

Women's Artistic

• Ashleigh Brennan, Vic
• Hollie Dykes, Qld
• Chloe Sims, Qld
• Naomi Russell, Qld
• Monette Russo, Vic

Men's Artistic

• Damian Istria, Qld
• Josh Jefferis, Qld
• Sam Offord, SA
• Philippe Rizzo, NSW
• Prashanth Sellathurai, NSW

Field Hockey

Men's Team

• Jamie Dwyer
• Liam de Young
• Michael McCann
• Robert Hammond
• Nathan Eglington
• Mark Knowles
• Luke Doerner
• Grant Schubert
• Bevan George
• Stephen Lambert
• Aaron Hopkins
• Matthew Wells
• Travis Brooks
• Brent Livermore
• Dean Butler
• Stephen Mowlam

Women's Team

• Toni Cronk
• Suzie Faulkner
• Karen Smith
• Kim Walker
• Rebecca Sanders
• Kate Hollywood
• Emily Halliday
• Madonna Blyth
• Wendy Beattie
• Nicole Arrold
• Kobie McGurk
• Rachel Imison
• Angie Skirving
• Melanie Twitt
• Sarah Taylor
• Nikki Hudson

Lawn Bowls

Men

• Kelvin Kerkow (Qld) – Men's Singles
• Barrie Lester (Vic) – Men's Pairs (lead)
• Nathan Rice (Qld) – Men's Pairs (skip)
• Bill Cornehls (Qld) – Men's Triples (lead)
• Wayne Turley (NSW) – Men's Triples (second)
• Mark Casey (Qld) – Men's Triples (skip)

Women

• Maria Rigby (NSW) – Women's Singles
• Lynsey Armitage (Qld) – Women's Pairs (Lead)
• Karen Murphy (NSW) – Women's Pairs (Skip)
• Noi Tucker (Qld) – Women's Triples (Lead)
• Roma Dunn (WA) – Women's Triples (Second)
• Ceriann Davies (Qld) – Women's Triples (Skip)

Rugby Sevens

• Scott Fava (WA)
• Josh Gamgee (NSW)
• Matt Giteau (ACT)
• Luke Inman (NSW)
• Chris Latham (Qld)
• Shawn Mackay (NSW)
• Tom McVerry (Qld)
• Damon Murphy (Qld)
• Nick Reily (NSW)
• Cameron Shepherd (WA)
• Lote Tuqiri (NSW)
• Brendan Williams (NSW)

Shooting

Men's 50 m Rifle Prone

• Warren Potent (NSW)
• David Clifton (NSW)

Men's 10 m Air Rifle

• Benjamin Burge (Vic)
• Matthew Inabinet (ACT)

Men's 50 m Rifle 3 Position

• Benjamin Burge (Vic)
• Michael Brown (NSW)

Women's 50 m Rifle Prone

• Susannah Smith (NSW)
• Kim Frazer (Vic)

Women's 10 m Air Rifle

• Susan McCready (Vic)
• Susannah Smith (NSW)

Women's 50 m Rifle 3 Position

• Susan McCready (Vic)
• Susannah Smith (NSW)

Fullbore Rifle Queen's Prize

• James Corbett (Vic)
• Bruce Scott (Qld)

Men's 50 m Pistol

• David Moore (NSW)
• Daniel Repacholi (Vic)

Men's 10 m Air Pistol

• David Moore (NSW)
• Daniel Repacholi (Vic)

Men's 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol

• David Chapman (SA)
• Bruce Favell (Qld)

Men's 25 m Centre Fire Pistol

• David Moore (NSW)
• Bob Dowling (NSW)

Men's 25 m Standard Pistol

• David Moore (NSW)
• Bruce Quick (Vic)

Women's 25 m Pistol

• Lalita Yauhleuskaya (Vic)
• Pamela McKenzie (WA)

Women's 10 m Air Pistol

• Lalita Yauhleuskaya (Vic)
• Dina Aspandiyarova (Vic)

Men's Skeet

• George Barton (NSW)
• Clive Barton (NSW)

Men's Trap

• Adam Vella (Vic)
• Michael Diamond (NSW)

Men's Double Trap

• Russell Mark (Vic)
• Craig Trembath (Vic)

Women's Skeet

• Lauren Mark (Vic)
• Natalia Rahman (Vic)

Women's Trap

• Suzanne Balogh (NSW)
• Deserie Baynes (SA)

Women's Double Trap

• Susan Trindall (Qld)
• Suzanne Balogh (NSW)

Squash

Men

• David Palmer (NSW)
• Anthony Ricketts (QLD)
• Stewart Boswell (ACT)
• Joe Kneipp (QLD)
• Dan Jenson (SA)

Women

• Rachel Grinham (QLD)
• Natalie Grinham (QLD)
• Amelia Pittock (VIC)
• Kasey Brown (NSW)
• Dianne Desira (VIC)

Table Tennis

Men

• William Henzell (SA)
• Trevor Brown (Vic)
• David Zalcberg (Vic)
• Brett Clarke (Vic)
• Russell Lavale (Vic)

Women

• Jian Fang Lay (Vic)
• Stephanie Sang (Vic)
• Miao Miao (Vic)
• Peri Campbell-Innes (Qld)
• May Cho (SA)

Triathlon

Men

• Greg Bennett (NSW)
• Brad Kahlefeldt (NSW)
• Peter Robertson (WA)

Women

• Loretta Harrop (Qld)
• Annabel Luxford (Qld)
• Emma Snowsill (Qld)

Weightlifting

Men

• Yurik Sarkisian (Vic)
• Ben Turner (Qld)
• Joel Wilson (Qld)
• Simon Heffernan (Vic)
• Alex Karapetyn (Vic)
• Valeri Sarava (NSW)
• Damon Kelly (Qld)
• Chris Rae (SA)

Officials

• President: Mr. Sam Coffa AM JP
• Vice President: Mr. Donald Stockins OAM
• Vice President: Mrs. Susan Taylor AM
• Chief Executive Officer: Mr. Perry Crosswhite

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See also

• Australia at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• 2006 Commonwealth Games#Missing athletes

External links

• Australian Commonwealth Games Association