White Water Racing World Championships 2006

The 25th White Water Canoe Racing World Championships took place from June 13th to June 17th 2006 in the Czech town of Karlovy Vary on the Teplá . The host Czech Republic achieved first place in the medal classification. Germany was able to win the most medals. France was the strongest nation in the sprint, which was only held for the third time at world championships.

Nations ranking overall

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Czech Republic	5	3	2	10
2	Germany	3	4th	4th	11
3	France	2	4th	3	9
4th	Croatia	1	-	1	2
5	Slovakia	1	-	-	1
6th	Italy	-	1	1	2
7th	Switzerland	-	-	1	1
total		12	12	12	36

In detail, the following results were obtained.

Classic

The Classic competitions took place on June 14th (individual) and June 17th (team).

Nations Cup Classic

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Czech Republic	4th	2	1	7th
2	Germany	2	4th	3	9
3	Croatia	1	-	1	2
4th	Slovakia	1	-	-	1
5	Italy	-	1	1	2
	France	-	1	1	2
7th	Switzerland	-	-	1	1
total		8th	8th	8th	24

Individual competitions

One-kayak men

space	athlete	country	time
1	Kamil Mruzek	Czech Republic	19: 20.55 min.
2	Max Hoff (Cologne)	Germany	19: 23.37 min.
3	Tomáš Slovák	Czech Republic	19: 3.59 min.
-	-	-	-
9	Gernot Willscheid (Cologne)	Germany	20:00, 12 min.
11	Sebastian Verhoef (Cologne)	Germany	20: 01.95 min.
13	Florian Wohlers (Hamburg)	Germany	20: 03.64 min.

One-kayak women

space	athlete	country	time
1	Michala Mruzkova	Czech Republic	20: 50.75 min.
2	Alexandra Heidrich ( Düsseldorf )	Germany	21: 11.81 min.
3	Sabine Eichenberger	Switzerland	21: 31.62 min.
-	-	-	-
11	Alke Overbeck (Braunschweig)	Germany	22: 15.61 min.
13	Manuela Stöberl (Rosenheim)	Germany	22: 33.89 min.
-	Sabine Füßer (Siegburg)	Germany	DNS

One-Canadians men

space	athlete	country	time
1	Emil Milihram	Croatia	21: 55.96 min.
2	Stephan Stiefenhöfer ( Cologne )	Germany	22:06:25 min.
3	Vladi Panato	Italy	22: 13.77 min.
-	-	-	-
5	Standards Weber (Brühl)	Germany	22:22.15 min.
-	Julian Rohn (Braunschweig)	Germany	DNF

Two-man Canadians

space	athlete	country	time
1	Ulrich Andrée / Patrick Driesch (Düsseldorf)	Germany	21: 41.47 min.
2	David Lisický / Jan Vlcek	Czech Republic	21: 55.60 min.
3	Tobias Trozska / Jannik Göbel (Bonn)	Germany	22:02:15 min.
-	-	-	-	-
8th	Lutz Fahlbusch / Ulrich Fahlbusch (Kassel)	Germany	22: 42.71 min.
9	Nils Knippling / Maik Schmitz (Siegburg)	Germany	22: 43.83 min.

Nations Cup Classic Individual

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Czech Republic	2	1	1	4th
2	Germany	1	3	1	5
3	Croatia	1	-	-	1
4th	Switzerland	-	-	1	1
	Italy	-	-	1	1
total		4th	4th	4th	12

Team competitions

Kayak One Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Czech Republic	Kamil Mruzek / Ales Marek / Tomáš Slovák	19: 47.77 min.
2	Italy	Maximilian Benassi / Francesco Arenare / Carlo Mercati	20:05:18 min.
3	Germany	Max Hoff / Gernot Willscheid / Sebastian Verhoef	20: 06.71 min.

Kayak-One women

space	country	athlete	time
1	Czech Republic	Michala Mruzková / Kateřina Vacíková / Lenka Lagnerova	21: 44.94 min.
2	Germany	Alexandra Heidrich / Sabine Füßer / Alke Overbeck	21: 57.30 min.
3	France	Helgard Marzolf / Laetitia Parage / Nathalie Gastineau	22: 10.48 min.

One-Canadians men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Germany	Stephan Stiefenhöfer / Norms Weber / Julian Rohn	22: 29.32 min.
2	Czech Republic	Marek Rygel / Lukas Uncajtik / Jan Neset	22: 34.53 min.
3	Croatia	Emil Milihram / Tomislav Lepan / Igor Gojic	22: 37.97 min.

Two-man Canadians

space	country	athlete	time
1	Slovakia	Jan Sutek / Stefan Grega / Jaroslav Slucic / Vladimir Vala / Lubos Soska / Peter Soska	22: 35.60 min.
2	France	Cyril Leblond / David Silotto / Olivier Pourteyron / Pascal Reyes / Frederic Momot / Michael Didier	22: 39.51 min.
3	Germany	Uli Andrée / Patrick Driesch / Lutz Fahlbusch / Ulrich Fahlbusch / Tobias Trzoska / Jannik Göbel	22: 43.70 min.

Nations Cup Classic Team

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Czech Republic	2	1	-	3
2	Germany	1	1	2	4th
3	Slovakia	1	-	-	1
4th	France	-	1	1	2
5	Italy	-	1	-	1
6th	Croatia	-	-	1	1
total		4th	4th	4th	12

sprint

Nations Cup Sprint

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	France	2	3	2	7th
2	Czech Republic	1	1	1	3
3	Germany	1	-	1	2
total		4th	4th	4th	12

Individual competitions

One-kayak men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Max Hoff	Germany	3: 32.72 min.
2	Arnaud Hybois	France	3: 34.10 min.
3	Tomáš Slovák	Czech Republic	3: 34.71 min.
-	-	-	-
6th	Florian Wohlers (Hamburg)	Germany	3: 37.62 min.
9	Sebastian Verhoef (Cologne)	Germany	3: 39.23 min.
11	Achim Overbeck (Braunschweig)	Germany	3: 40.24 min.

One-kayak women

space	country	athlete	time
1	Michala Mruzková	Czech Republic	3: 53.41 min.
2	Nathalie Gastineau	France	4: 02.59 min.
3	Helga Marzolf	France	4: 03.19 min.
-	-	-	-
5	Sabine Füßer (Siegburg)	Germany	4: 03.51 min.
6th	Alexandra Heidrich (Düsseldorf)	Germany	4: 04.02 min.
10	Alke Overbeck (Braunschweig)	Germany	3: 08.59 min.
16	Manuela Stöberl (Rosenheim)	Germany	4: 17.09 min.

One-Canadians men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Guillaume Alzingre	France	4: 04.14 min.
2	Stephane Santamaria	France	4: 04.99 min.
3	Stephan Stiefenhöfer (Cologne)	Germany	4: 05.04 min.
-	-	-	-
9	Standards Weber (Brühl)	Germany	4: 13.57 min.
16	Julian Rohn (Braunschweig)	Germany	4: 16.03 min.

Two-man Canadians

space	country	athlete	time
1	David Silotto / Cyril LeBlond	France	3: 55.49 min.
2	David Lisický / Jan Vlcek	Czech Republic	3: 58.96 min.
3	Michael Didier / Frederic Momot	France	4: 00.53 min.
-	-	-	-
6th	Tobias Trzoska / Jannik Göbel	Germany	4: 03.36 min.
7th	Ulrich Andree / Patrick Driesch	Germany	4: 05.01 min.
10	Nils Knippling / Maik Schmitz	Germany	4: 06.25 min.

Nations Cup Sprint Individual

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	France	2	3	2	7th
2	Czech Republic	1	1	1	3
3	Germany	1	-	1	2
total		4th	4th	4th	12

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