39th World Artistic Gymnastics

Artistic gymnastics

Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite...

 Championships were held in Aarhus

Aarhus

Aarhus or Århus is the second-largest city in Denmark. The principal port of Denmark, Aarhus is on the east side of the peninsula of Jutland in the geographical center of Denmark...

, Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 from October 13 to October 21, 2006 in NRGi Arena.

It was the first time the World Gymnastics Championships was organized by a Danish city. The International Gymnastics Federation

Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique

The Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique or International Federation of Gymnastics is the governing body of competitive gymnastics. Its headquarters is in Lausanne, Switzerland. It was founded on July 23, 1881 in Liège, Belgium, making it the oldest international sport organisation...

, which celebrated the 125th anniversary of its foundation in 2006, introduced the new Code of Points into the World Championships for the first time. The new code breaks the limit of "perfect" 10 points.

Men

Team All-Around	People's Republic of China Chen Yibing Chen Yibing Chen Yibing is a Chinese gymnast, a four-times world champion on still rings. Chen was part of the Chinese team that won the gold medal in the team event at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2011 and the Asian Games in 2006 and 2010... Feng Jing Feng Jing Feng Jing is a Chinese gymnast. Feng surprisingly won the gold in the men's individual All-around in the 2001 world championships, when China did not send its strongest team to the event. He was also part of the Chinese team that won the gold medal in the team event at the 2006 World Artistic... Liang Fuliang Liang Fuliang Liang Fuliang is a Chinese gymnast. Liang was part of the Chinese team that won the gold medal in the team event at the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and the 2006 Asian Games.-External links:... Xiao Qin Xiao Qin Xiao Qin is a male Chinese gymnast. He specializes in the horizontal bar and parallel bars, but is best known for his work on the pommel horse for which he has won Olympic, world, national, East Asian Games, and World Cup titles. He joined the Chinese National Team in 1999 and is part of the... Yang Wei Yang Wei (gymnast) Yang Wei is a male gymnast from China.-Career:Yang Wei won the silver medal in the individual all-around competition and won the gold in the team event at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.... Zou Kai Zou Kai Zou Kai is a Chinese gymnast. He was part of the Chinese team that won the gold medal in the team event at the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and the 2006 Asian Games...	Russia Maxim Deviatovski Maxim Deviatovski - Career:He came 24th at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 2007, and 5th in 2006.Deviatovski won the all-around title of the Russian Championships in 2008.At the 2008 Summer Olympics he finished 6th in the individual All-Around.-External links:*... Dimitri Gogotov Sergei Khorokhordin Sergei Khorokhordin Sergei Gennadiyevich Khorokhordin , is a Russian gymnast.He helped Russia to win gold in the team event at the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Lucerne, Switzerland. He is best known for his high-bar and ring routines, but says that parallel bars and high bar are generally his best... Nikolai Kryukov Nikolai Kryukov Nikolai Vyacheslavovich Kryukov is a Russian artistic gymnast. A three-time Olympian, he was also the World Artistic Gymnastics All-Around Champion at the 1999 World Gymnastics Championships in Tianjin, China.-External links:*... Yury Ryazanov Alexander Safoshkin Alexander Safoshkin -Biography:Originally Safoshkin was a gymnast without outstanding results, then he retired and joined the Russian Circus. As a result of his specific training to perfect his act, he improved his strength amazingly and became a phenomenal performer on Rings. He was then invited by Leonid Arkaev to...	Japan Hisashi Mizutori Hisashi Mizutori , is a Japanese gymnast. He was part of the Japanese team that won the gold medal in the team competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was also part of the team to win the silver medal in the team event at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships... Takehito Mori Takuya Nakase Takuya Nakase is a Japanese gymnast.-External links:*... Eiichi Sekiguchi Hiroyuki Tomita Hiroyuki Tomita Hiroyuki Tomita is a Japanese gymnast. Tomita has three Olympic medals from the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.-Early life:... Naoya Tsukahara Naoya Tsukahara Naoya Tsukahara is a Japanese artistic gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist. He is the son of the former Japanese gymnast, Mitsuo Tsukahara, who was also a multi Gold Medalist in Olympic Games...
Individual All-Around
Floor Exercise
Pommel Horse
Rings
Vault
Parallel Bars			none awarded
Horizontal Bar

Women

Team	People's Republic of China Zhou Zhuoru Zhou Zhuoru Zhou Zhuoru born September 14, 1988 is a World Champion Chinese Gymnast from Fushun, Liaoning, Peoples Republic of China.Zhou Zhuoru was named alternate for the 2004 Chinese Olympic team. Following steady improvement and development, she was named to the Chinese team to compete at the 2006 World... Zhang Nan Cheng Fei Cheng Fei Cheng Fei is a Chinese gymnast. She is a three-time World Champion on the vault and 2006 World Champion on floor exercise. She was a member of the gold medal-winning Chinese teams for the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Aarhus, Denmark and 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China... Pang Panpan Pang Panpan Pang Panpan is a Chinese gymnast. She was a member of the 2006 World Champion Chinese team. Nicknamed "Oriental Beauty", she is known for her exceptional elegance and style in performance.-Career:... He Ning He Ning He Ning is a Chinese gymnast born in the province of Zhejiang.-Competitive history:She is known from the 2006 Asian Games in Doha. She won 2 gold medals in Team and All-Around competitions... Li Ya Li Ya Li Ya is a former Chinese gymnast. She was a member of the Chinese team that won the team competition at the 2006 World Championships and was a member of the 2004 Olympic Team...	United States Jana Bieger Jana Bieger Jana Lyn Bieger is an American gymnast of German descent. Raised in the U.S. and a citizen, Bieger has competed only for the U.S. At the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, she won three silver medals... Chellsie Memmel Chellsie Memmel Chellsie Marie Memmel is an American gymnast. She is the 2005 World All-Around Champion, making her the third American woman, after Kim Zmeskal and Shannon Miller, to become World Champion in the All-Around. She is also a World Champion on the uneven bars and as part of the U.S. team... Alicia Sacramone Alicia Sacramone Alicia Marie Sacramone is an American artistic gymnast.Sacramone began gymnastics at the age of eight, began competing in the elite ranks in 2002 and joined the U.S. national team in 2003. At US National Championships from 2004 to 2008, she won twelve medals, including four golds on vault and two... Anastasia Liukin Natasha Kelley Natasha Kelley Natasha Kelley is an American gymnast. Currently residing in Texas, she trains at Stars Gymnastics but has announced she will no longer compete as an elite athlete, but rather will plan to compete in collegiate competition soon. Kelley was a member of the silver medal winning U.S... Ashley Priess Ashley Priess Ashley Priess is an American artistic gymnast. She competed at the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships for Team USA and earned a team silver medal. She currently attends the University of Alabama and competes for their gymnastics team....	Russia Anna Grudko Svetlana Klyukina Svetlana Klyukina Svetlana Alekseevna Klyukina is a Russian artistic gymnast. She competed at the 2006 and 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships as well as at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing for Russia. She earned a bronze medal with the team at the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics... Polina Miller Polina Miller Polina Miller is a Russian gymnast. She was a member of a team which came 3rd in the 2006 European Women's Championships as well as the 2006 World Gymnastics Championships as part of the team. At the 2005 World Gymnastics Championships she was a finalist and ended up in 6th place .-External links:*... Anna Pavlova Anna Pavlova (gymnast) Anna Anatolyevna Pavlova , is a Russian artistic gymnast training at MGFSO Dynamo in Moscow who was a double bronze medalist at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. She is well known for her beautiful balletic style and clean technique. She is trained by her mother Nataliya Evgenevna Pavlova... Kristina Pravdina Elena Zamolodchikova Elena Zamolodchikova Elena Mikhailovna Zamolodchikova , nicknamed "Zamo", was a two-time Olympic gymnast. She began gymnastics at the age of six. In 1999 she participated in her first major senior competition, the World Gymnastics Championships, where she won the gold in vault, the bronze in the all-around...
All-Around
Vault
Uneven Bars
Balance Beam
Floor Exercise

Medal count

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1		8			8
2		2	1	1	4
3		1	1		2
4		1		2	3
5		1			1
		1			1
7			5	1	6
8			2	1	3
9			1	1	2
10			1		1
			1		1
			1		1
			1		1
			1		1
15				3	3
16				2	2
17				1	1
				1	1

External links

• Official website of the championships