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 at the Commonwealth Games
Australia:
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CGF Code = AUS
At the 2006 Commonwealth Games
in Melbourne, Australia
Competitors
Flag bearer Opening: Jane Saville (Athletics)
Closing: Leisel Jones (Swimming)
Medals
Rank: 1st		 Gold
84		 Silver
69		 Bronze
69		 Total
222
Commonwealth Games history
British Empire Games
1930 • 1934 • 1938 • 1950
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
1954 • 1958 • 1962 • 1966
British Commonwealth Games
1970 • 1974
Commonwealth Games
1978 • 1982 • 1986 • 1990 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 • 2014
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.

Contents

Medals

Gold

Silver

Panai women's points

  • Dannielle Liesch & Irena Olevsky Synchronised Swimming Duet[1]

Bronze

Australia's Commonwealth Games Team 2006

Aquatics

Swimming

  • Ben Austin
  • Bronte Barratt
  • Sam Bramham
  • Leith Brodie
  • Ash Callus
  • Lara Carroll
  • Lichelle Clarke
  • Matthew Cowdrey
  • Sophie Edington
  • Jade Edmistone
  • Joanna Fargus
  • Nicholas Ffrost
  • Sally Foster
  • Felicity Galvez
  • Melissa Gorman
  • Brooke Hanson
  • Alex Harris
  • Brett Hawke
  • Jodie Henry
  • Leisel Jones
  • Michael Klim
  • Joshua Krogh
  • Andrew Lauterstein
  • Lisbeth Lenton
  • Katrina Lewis
  • Linda Mackenzie
  • Andrew Mewing
  • Danni Miatke
  • Alice Mills
  • Kenrick Monk
  • Travis Nederpelt
  • Kylie Palmer
  • Sarah Paton
  • Adam Pine
  • Jim Piper
  • Shayne Reese
  • Jennifer Reilly
  • Stephanie Rice
  • Andrew Richards
  • Brenton Rickard
  • Giaan Rooney
  • Jessicah Schipper
  • Caroline South
  • Christian Sprenger
  • Craig Stevens
  • Kelly Stubbins
  • Eamon Sullivan
  • Matthew Targett
  • Ian Thorpe
  • Prue Watt
  • Matt Welsh
  • Tarnee White
  • Annabelle Williams
  • Tayliah Zimmer

Synchronised Swimming

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

Diving

Athletics

  • Steven Hooker – Pole Vault
  • Fabrice Lapierre – Long Jump
  • Dani Samuels – Discus
  • John Steffensen – Men's 400 m

Badminton

Men's

Women's

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

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

Women's Team Competition

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • Emmanuel Fernando

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

  • Nathan Di Carlo

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

  • Luke Jackson

Men's Light Welterweight (– 64 kg)

Men's Welterweight (– 69 kg)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

  • Ben McEachran

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

Cycling

Men's Competition

Women's Competition

EAD Events

Table Tennis

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

Aquatics

Gymnastics

Rhythmic

Women's Artistic

Men's Artistic

Field Hockey

Men's Team


Women's Team

Lawn Bowls

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)

Women

  • Maria Rigby (NSW) – Women's Singles
  • Lynsey Armitage (Qld) – Women's Pairs (Lead)
  • Karen Murphy (NSW) – Women's Pairs (Skip)
  • Noi Tucker (Qld) – Women's Triples (Lead)
  • Roma Dunn (WA) – Women's Triples (Second)
  • Ceriann Davies (Qld) – Women's Triples (Skip)

Netball

Rugby Sevens

Shooting

Men's 50 m Rifle Prone

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

  • David Chapman (SA)
  • Bruce Favell (Qld)

Men's 25 m Centre Fire Pistol

  • David Moore (NSW)
  • Bob Dowling (NSW)

Men's 25 m Standard Pistol

  • David Moore (NSW)
  • Bruce Quick (Vic)

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

Women's Double Trap

Squash

Men

Women

Table Tennis

Men

Women

Triathlon

Men

Women

Weightlifting

Men

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

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

Gallery

  • Gold pin badge
  • Silver pin badge
  • Bronze pin badge

See also

Wikinews has related news: Australia grants temporary asylum to 12 Commonwealth Games athletes

External links
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