2006 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships

26th European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Location	Volos, Greece
Dates	27 to 30 April 2006
Nations	Members of the European Union of Gymnastics

The 26th European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held from 27 April to 30 April 2006 in Volos, Greece.

Led by new senior Vanessa Ferrari, Italy became the first team besides Romania, Russia, and the Soviet Union to win the senior team title. Ferrari went on to win the All-Around gold medal for Italy at that year's world championships. Katja Abel's bronze medal on vault was the first medal for unified Germany at the European Championships.

Timetable

Date	Time	Event
27 Apr	10.30 – 21.00	Seniors Qualification
29 Apr	16.00 – 18.00	Seniors Team Final
30 Apr	15.00 – 17.20	Seniors Event Final

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Seniors
Team	Italy Vanessa Ferrari Lia Parolari Monica Bergamelli Federica Macrì Carlotta Giovannini	Romania Sandra Izbașa Cătălina Ponor Alina Stănculescu Florica Leonida Steliana Nistor	Russia Yulia Lozhechko Irina Isayeva Polina Miller Anna Grudko Nadezhda Ivanova
Vault	Anna Grudko	Olga Sherbatykh	Katja Abel
Uneven bars	Beth Tweddle	Jana Šikulová	Lenika de Simone
Balance beam	Cătălina Ponor	Lenika de Simone	Marina Proskurina Sandra Izbașa
Floor	Sandra Izbașa	Vanessa Ferrari	Cătălina Ponor
Juniors
Team	Russia Darya Elizarova Karina Myasnikova Elena Kokareva Ksenia Afanasyeva Nadezhda Chikhireva	Romania Aluissa Lăcusteanu Andreea Grigore Cerasela Pătrașcu Alexandra Ghiță Mădălina Guțu	Germany Marie-Sophie Hindermann Anja Brinker Joeline Möbius Dorothee Henzler Lisa Katharina Hill
Individual all-around	Darya Elizarova	Karina Myasnikova	Marie-Sophie Hindermann
Vault	Karina Myasnikova	Marie-Sophie Hindermann	Mandy Loes
Uneven bars	Karina Myasnikova	Elena Kokareva	Marie-Sophie Hindermann
Balance beam	Darya Elizarova	Andreea Grigore	Aluissa Lăcusteanu
Floor	Aluissa Lăcusteanu	Andreea Grigore	Gaelle Mys

Seniors

Team

Rank	Team					Total
	Italy	42.975 (2)	43.400 (3)	44.875 (2)	43.975 (2)	175.225
	Vanessa Ferrari	14.300	15.600	15.600	15.250
	Lia Parolari		14.000	14.300	14.475
	Monica Bergamelli		13.800	14.975
	Federica Macrì	14.500			14.250
	Carlotta Giovannini	14.175
	Romania	42.700 (3)	42.825 (5)	45.125 (1)	44.475 (1)	175.125
	Sandra Izbașa	14.825	14.275	15.100	15.500
	Cătălina Ponor	14.325		15.175	14.600
	Alina Stănculescu			14.850	14.375
	Florica Leonida	13.550	13.525
	Steliana Nistor		15.025
	Russia	43.525 (1)	44.025 (1)	42.100 (5)	43.725 (3)	173.375
	Yulia Lozhechko	14.550	15.200	14.475
	Irina Isayeva		13.900	14.200	14.950
	Polina Miller	14.400	14.925
	Anna Grudko	14.575			14.325
	Nadezhda Ivanova			13.425	14.450
4	Spain	41.600 (6)	43.800 (2)	44.000 (3)	42.000 (5)	171.400
	Lenika de Simone	13.650	14.625	15.000	14.175
	Thais Escolar	13.675		15.050	13.800
	Tania Gener	14.275	14.725
	Laura Campos		14.450	13.950
	Patricia Moreno				14.025
5	Ukraine	42.650 (4)	42.850 (4)	42.950 (4)	42.400 (4)	170.850
	Marina Proskurina	14.475	14.400	15.075
	Alina Kozich	13.950		13.575	14.150
	Dariya Zgoba		14.450	14.300
	Maryna Kostiuchenko		14.00		14.275
	Olga Sherbatykh	14.225			13.975
6	France	42.150 (5)	41.825 (6)	41.900 (6)	40.650 (7)	166.525
	Rose-Eliandre Bellemare	14.300	14.575	14.100	13.675
	Katheleen Lindor	14.025	13.600	14.025	13.825
	Erika Morel			13.775	13.150
	Lindsay Lindor	13.825
	Julie Martinez		13.650
7	Great Britain	41.400 (7)	40.175 (7)	40.350 (7)	40.800 (6)	162.725
	Melanie Roberts	13.650	13.950	14.275	13.400
	Imogen Cairns	14.100	13.475	12.900	13.900
	Amy Nunes	13.650	12.750	13.175	13.500
8	Netherlands	26.725 (8)	30.450 (8)	27.925 (8)	27.850 (8)	112.950
	Loes Linders	13.275	12.850	14.200	13.850
	Hanneke Hoefnagel		12.775	13.725
	Suzanne Harmes				14.000
	Verona van de Leur	13.450
	Lichelle Wong		4.825

Vault

Rank	Gymnast	Score 1	Score 2	Total
	Anna Grudko (RUS)	14.925	13.800	14.362
	Olga Sherbatykh (UKR)	14.275	14.325	14.300
	Katja Abel (GER)	14.500	13.950	14.225
4	Jana Komrsková (CZE)	14.175	14.125	14.150
5	Carlotta Giovannini (ITA)	13.900	14.350	14.125
6	Ariella Käslin (SUI)	14.050	13.950	14.000
7	Sandra Izbașa (ROU)	14.675	13.225	13.950
8	Imogen Cairns (GBR)	14.000	13.700	13.850

Uneven Bars

Rank	Gymnast	Total
	Beth Tweddle (GBR)	16.050
	Jana Šikulová (CZE)	15.050
	Lenika de Simone (ESP)	14.825
4	Yulia Lozhechko (RUS)	14.625
5	Rose-Eliandre Bellemare (FRA)	14.575
6	Steliana Nistor (ROU)	14.525
7	Vanessa Ferrari (ITA)	14.300
8	Dariya Zgoba (UKR)	14.225

Balance Beam

Rank	Gymnast	Total
	Cătălina Ponor (ROU)	15.800
	Lenika de Simone (ESP)	15.350
	Sandra Izbașa (ROU)	15.300
	Marina Proskurina (UKR)	15.300
5	Irina Isayeva (RUS)	15.050
6	Yulia Lozhechko (RUS)	14.925
7	Vanessa Ferrari (ITA)	14.875
8	Stefani Bismpikou (GRE)	14.800

Floor Exercise

Rank	Gymnast	Total
	Sandra Izbașa (ROU)	15.550
	Vanessa Ferrari (ITA)	15.450
	Cătălina Ponor (ROU)	14.600
4	Irina Isayeva (RUS)	14.475
5	Maryna Kostiuchenko (UKR)	14.325
5	Rose-Eliandre Bellemare (FRA)	14.325
7	Thais Escolar (ESP)	14.300
8	Olga Sherbatykh (UKR)	13.900

Juniors

Vault

Rank	Gymnast	Score 1	Score 2	Total
	Karina Myasnikova (RUS)	14.425	13.925	14.175
	Marie-Sophie Hindermann (GER)	14.550	13.225	13.887
	Mandy Loes (LUX)	13.925	13.550	13.737
4	Maria Parsantanian (GRE)	13.550	13.775	13.662
5	Cerasela Pătrașcu (ROU)	13.650	13.225	13.437
6	Cassy Véricel (FRA)	13.475	13.225	13.350
7	Gaelle Mys (BEL)	13.825	12.650	13.237
8	Darya Elizarova (RUS)	12.725	13.475	13.100

Uneven Bars

Rank	Gymnast	Total
	Karina Myasnikova (RUS)	15.400
	Elena Kokareva (RUS)	15.125
	Marie-Sophie Hindermann (GER)	14.925
4	Anastasia Koval (UKR)	14.900
5	Tahnee Masela (NED)	14.800
6	Valentina Holenkova (UKR)	14.725
7	Anja Brinker (GER)	14.600
8	Dorina Böczögő (HUN)	14.500

Balance Beam

Rank	Gymnast	Total
	Darya Elizarova (RUS)	15.375
	Andreea Grigore (ROU)	15.200
	Aluissa Lăcusteanu (ROU)	14.725
4	Valentina Holenkova (UKR)	14.700
5	Laura Jones (GBR)	14.550
6	Gaelle Mys (BEL)	13.900
7	Karina Myasnikova (RUS)	13.875
8	Marie-Sophie Hindermann (GER)	13.850

Floor Exercise

Rank	Gymnast	Total
	Aluissa Lăcusteanu (ROU)	14.650
	Andreea Grigore (ROU)	14.150
	Gaelle Mys (BEL)	14.125
4	Silvia Zanolo (ITA)	13.950
5	Nadezhda Chikhireva (RUS)	13.925
6	Rebecca Downie (GBR)	13.850
7	Darya Elizarova (RUS)	13.625
8	Marie-Sophie Hindermann (GER)	13.075

Medal Count

Seniors

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Romania	2	1	2	5
2	Italy	1	1	0	2
3	Russia	1	0	1	2
4	Great Britain	1	0	0	1
5	Spain	0	1	1	2
	Ukraine	0	1	1	2
7	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
8	Germany	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		5	5	6	16

Juniors

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	5	2	0	7
2	Romania	1	3	1	5
3	Germany	0	1	3	4
4	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Luxembourg	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		6	6	6	18

References

• "Official Results" (PDF). UEG.org. European Union of Gymnastics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-07-28.
• "2006 European Championships Artistic Gymnastics Women Senior". GymnasticsResults.com. Archived from the original on 2009-08-22. Retrieved 2013-12-29.