The 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games were held in
Aachen
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Aachen is locat ...
,
Germany
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from 20 August to 3 September 2006. They were the 5th edition of the
games
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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
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,
Spain
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, the
FEI awarded the 2006 Games to Aachen. The only other host city applicant was
Lexington, Kentucky
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,
United States
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(which was later awarded
the following edition of the Games in 2010).
Events
16 events in 7 disciplines were held in Aachen.
Participating nations
59 National Equestrian Federations sent athletes to the Aachen games.
Medal summary
Medalists
Medal count
Officials
The
Ground Jury during the 2006 World Equestrian Games was nominated as follows;
;Dressage
* Dieter Schüle (Ground Jury President)
* Linda Zang (Ground Jury Member)
* Ghislain Fouarge (Ground Jury Member)
* Stephen Clarke (Ground Jury Member)
* Bernard Maurel (Ground Jury Member)
* Wojtek Markowski (Ground Jury Member)
* Mary Seefried (Ground Jury Member)
* Mariette Withages (Technical Delegate)
;Jumping
* Hanno Dohn (Ground Jury President)
* Sven Holmberg (Ground Jury Member)
* Pablo Mayorga (Ground Jury Member)
* Ronan Sugrue (Ground Jury Member)
* Frank Rothenberger (Course Designer)
* Frédéric Cottier (Technical Delegate)
;Eventing
* Angela Tucker (Ground Jury President)
* Brian Ross (Ground Jury Member)
* Martin Plewa (Ground Jury Member)
* Rüdiger Schwarz (Course Designer)
* Tom Ryckewaert (Technical Delegate)
Broadcasting rights
The television broadcasting rights to the 2006 Games were held by the following networks:
*
CBC Country Canada
*
Eurosport
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*
Equidia
*
ARD,
WDR,
ZDF
*
RAI
*
NOS
*
SF,
TSI,
TSR
*
SVT
*
Dubai TV
*
BBC
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*
HorseTV
See also
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2006 CHIO Aachen
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Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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References
External links
Official website
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Equestrian
Sport in Aachen
FEI World Equestrian Games
International sports competitions hosted by Germany
Equestrian sports competitions in Germany
FEI World Equestrian Games
FEI World Equestrian Games, 2006
FEI World Equestrian Games
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Horse driving competition