Australia at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

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Australian commemorative coin for the 2006 games
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.

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[edit] Medals

Gold Silver Bronze Total
Australia 84 69 68 221

[edit] Gold


[edit] 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]

[edit] Bronze

[edit] Australia's Commonwealth Games Team 2006

[edit] Aquatics

[edit] Synchronised Swimming

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

[edit] Diving

[edit] Athletics

  • John Steffensen - Men's 400 m

[edit] Badminton

Men's

Women's

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

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Boxing

  • Brad.M.Pitt vic

[edit] Cycling

[edit] EAD Events

[edit] Table Tennis

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

[edit] Aquatics

[edit] Gymnastics

Rhythmic

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

Women's Artistic

Men's Artistic

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

[edit] Field Hockey

[edit] Men's Team


[edit] 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

[edit] Lawn Bowls

[edit] 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)

[edit] Women

  • Maria Rigby (NSW) - Women's Singles
  • Lynsey Armitage (Qld) - Women's Pairs
  • Karen Murphy (NSW) - Women's Pairs
  • Noi Tucker (Qld) - Women's Triples
  • Roma Dunn (WA) - Women's Triples
  • Ceri Ann Davies (Qld) - Women's Triples

[edit] Netball

[edit] Rugby Sevens

[edit] 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

Men's 10 m Air Pistol

Men's 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol

Men's 25 m Centre Fire Pistol

Men's 25 m Standard Pistol

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

Men's Double Trap

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)

[edit] Squash

[edit] Men

[edit] Women

[edit] Table Tennis

[edit] Men

[edit] Women

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

[edit] Triathlon

[edit] Men

[edit] Women

[edit] Weightlifting

[edit] Men

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Gallery

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[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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