The 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games were held in

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from 20 August to 3 September 2006. They were the 5th edition of the

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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

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, the FEI awarded the 2006 Games to Aachen. The only other host city applicant was

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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 *

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* Equidia * ARD, WDR,

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* RAI * NOS * SF, TSI, TSR * SVT * Dubai TV *

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* HorseTV

References

External links

Official website
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