| FIS Nordic Junior and U23 World Ski Championships 2006 | |
| Host City: | Kranj, Slovenia |
| Events: | 20 |
| Opening: | 30 January |
| Closing: | 5 February |
| Previous: | 2005 Rovaniemi |
The FIS Nordic Junior and U23 World Ski Championships 2006 took place in Kranj, Slovenia from 30 January to 5 February 2006. It was the 29th Junior World Championships. This was the first time that the Under-23 World Championships and the Junior World Champions were held at the same time and location.
This was the first championship where women competed in ski jumping. Juliane Seyfarth of Germany became the first female junior world champion by winning the normal hill event on 2 February 2006.
| Men's Junior Events | |||||||
| Men's junior sprint free[1] | Petter Northug | Daniel Heun | Anton Smirnov | ||||
| Men's junior 10 kilometre classic[2] | Petter Northug | 26:33.2 | Martin Jakš | 26:58.4 | Dario Cologna | 27:53.6 | |
| Men's junior 20 kilometre pursuit[3] | Petter Northug | 51:34.3 | Ilia Chernousov | 51:39.6 | Martin Jakš | 51:45.8 | |
| Men's junior 4 × 5 km relay[4] | Glenn Elvestad Eirik Kurland Olsen Eirik Sæves Petter Northug | 47:15.7 | Nikolay Morilov Yuriy Vinogradov Andrey Parfenov Ilia Chernousov | 47:30.5 | Aleš Razým Jan Krska Ondřej Horyna Martin Jakš | 47:31.4 | |
| Women's Junior Events | |||||||
| Women's junior sprint free[5] | Astrid Jacobsen | Natalya Matveyeva | Celine Brun-Lie | ||||
| Women's junior 5 kilometre classic[6] | Astrid Jacobsen | 13:57.9 | Eva Nývltová | 14:16.3 | Charlotte Kalla | 14:30.6 | |
| Charlotte Kalla | 29:12.2 | Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen | 29:21.8 | Eva Nývltová | 29:38.8 | ||
Ingunn Weltzien Marit Liland Fredriksen Marte Elden Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen | 34:59.0 | Emma Bergman Anna Simberg Anna Hansson Charlotte Kalla | 35:04.2 | Nina Ryusina Larisa Shaidurova Tatyana Morogova Svetlana Ovchinnikova | 35:14.6 | ||
| Normal hill/5 km[7] | Tom Beetz | 13:06.3 | Akito Watabe | 13:08.9 | Miroslav Dvořák | 13:16.7 |
| Normal hill/10 km[8] | François Braud | 29:59.9 | Tom Beetz | 30:47.6 | Miroslav Dvořák | 30:50.0 |
Toni Englert Ruben Welde Stefan Tuss Tom Beetz | 55:42.3 | Tomaz Druml Tobias Kammerlander Marco Pichlmayer Alfred Rainer | 55:42.6 | Jonas Nermoen Joakim Aakvik Torkil Rasmussen Aam Thomas Kjelbotn | 56:12.4 | |
| Men's Junior Events | |||||||
| Gregor Schlierenzauer | 259.6 | Jurij Tepeš | 249.4 | Andrea Morassi | 247.4 | ||
| Men's junior team normal hill[9] | Arthur Pauli Thomas Thurnbichler Mario Innauer Gregor Schlierenzauer | 930.6 | Jernej Košnjek Primož Roglič Jurij Tepeš Robert Hrgota | 927.7 | Naoya Toyama Yuhei Sasaki Shohhei Tochimoto Kenshiro Ito | 900.8 | |
| Women's Junior Events | |||||||
| Juliane Seyfarth | 255.8 | Atsuko Tanaka | 223.4 | Elena Runggaldier | 217.8 | ||
| Men's Under-23 Events | |||||||
| Men's Under-23 sprint free[10] | Harald Wurm | Josef Wenzl | Marcus Hellner | ||||
| Men's Under-23 15 kilometre classic[11] | Franz Göring | 38:23.9 | Maxim Bulgakov | 39:09.0 | Alexander Legkov | 39:19.5 | |
| Men's Under-23 30 kilometre pursuit[12] | Alexander Legkov | 1:17:19.7 | Sergey Shiryayev | 1:17:33.6 | Franz Göring | 1:17:35.6 | |
| Women's Under-23 Events | |||||||
| Women's Under-23 sprint free[13] | Guro Strøm Solli | Valentina Novikova | Nicole Fessel | ||||
| Justyna Kowalczyk | 28:07.0 | Irina Artemova | 28:30.9 | Yuliya Chekalyova | 28:36.9 | ||
| Justyna Kowalczyk | 44:14.7 | Irina Artemova | 44:41.2 | Yuliya Chekalyova | 44:54.5 | ||