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23 unusual facts about 2006 Commonwealth Games


2006 Australian Grand Prix

It was also the third round of the 2006 Formula One season; the Australian Grand Prix had been the season opener since 1996, but this race was held later due to the 2006 Commonwealth Games being held in Melbourne at the time of the opening round.

2006 Formula One season

The Australian Grand Prix was held later than usual, to avoid a clash with the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

Ama Agbeze

During her international career she won bronze playing for the English team during the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

Bahrain Grand Prix

However, in the 2006 season, Bahrain swapped places with the traditional opener, the Australian Grand Prix, which was pushed back to avoid a clash with the Commonwealth Games.

Bahrain International Circuit

The Bahrain Grand Prix is usually the third race on the Formula One calendar, apart from the 2006 season, when Bahrain swapped places with the traditional opener, the Australian Grand Prix, which was pushed back to avoid a clash with the Commonwealth Games.

Belinda Snell

She is a member of the Australia women's national basketball team, and has won a silver medal in basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics, a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, a gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, and a gold medal at the 2006 World Championships.

Ben Lewitt

He has also represented the England Sevens where he went to the 2006 Commonwealth Games and has previously represented the England Students.

Bradford Worrell

Worrell also competed in the 200 m freestyle event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

Brent Hayden

In Melbourne for the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Hayden won his first major international silver medal when he finished second in the 50 m, an event he had not intended on racing.

C. J. Bruton

This successful tenure also lead to him being selected in the Boomers squad for the 2004 Olympic Games and the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

Callum Smith

At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, Smith up kept family tradition by winning a silver medal in the welterweight division, following brothers Paul, who also won silver at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England and Stephen who claimed a gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia.

Hard Act to Follow

The song was performed by Grinspoon at the closing ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

Jazmin Carlin

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, competing for Wales, she finished eighth in the 800 metres freestyle and finished third in the heats of the 400 meters freestyle.

Larry Davidson

Davidson was named a member of the Australian Boomers squad for the 2006 Commonwealth Games but injury prevented him from playing with the gold medal team.

Nicola Lewis

She was subsequently selected to go to the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, although she saw court time in only half the games played by Wales.

Paora Winitana

He appeared in the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens, and also achieved a silver medal as part of the Tall Blacks at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

Rachel Dunn

Dunn debuted for the England national netball team in 2004 against South Africa, and was a member of the England teams that won bronze medals at the 2006 and 2010 Commonwealth Games, and a silver medal at the 2010 World Netball Series.

Rachel Parish

Rachel Parish (born 21 May 1981) is an English international sportswoman who won a shooting gold medal and silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.

Ryan Cross

Representing Australia at the Commonwealth Games in 1998 in Kuala Lumpur, 2002 in Manchester and 2006 in Melbourne.

Sam Mackinnon

Perhaps his greatest achievement whilst playing for Australia was winning a gold medal during the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

UK Today

During the 2006 Commonwealth Games, BBC Breakfast was shown on BBC Two, so regional opt-outs on the digital variant in England were replaced by a newspaper review for digital viewers.

Weightlifting at the 2006 Asian Games

The IWF suspended India's weightlifting team from any sports events after they failed doping tests during the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia.

Zoë Baker

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne she was 4th in the same event, this time representing New Zealand.


Aneka Kerr

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games she won a silver medal as part of the Tall Ferns New Zealand women's basketball team.

Clint Stanaway

While at Nine News in this role, Clint covered many significant news events including the Cardross road accident near Mildura, Victoria, where six young lives were lost in a tragic hit and run, Beaconsfield Mine collapse and dramatic Mine Rescue of two trapped miners, and the Nine Network's coverage of the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games.

Deborah Acason

Initially a discus thrower (she won a bronze medal at the 1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics), she won three silver medals at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and a gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

Georgina Geikie

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne, Australia, Geikie teamed up with Julia Lyndall to win the bronze medal in the women's 10 meters air pistol pairs behind gold medallists Dina Aspandiyarova and Lalita Yauhleuskaya of Australia and silver medallists Joseline Lee Yean Cheah and Bibiana Pei Chin Ng from Malaysia.

Jack Willie

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games he won his first fight, but then lost against eventual winner Japhet Uutoni and was eliminated.

Jimmy Adar

He competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games for Uganda.

Joseph Ebuya

His first opportunity to compete internationally for Kenya came at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and he just finished outside of the medals in the 5000 metres, beaten into fourth place by Fabiano Joseph Naasi.

Katrina Hibbert

Hibbert was a member of the national team roster during the 2000s and played in the Australian team that won a gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

Kerrie Taurima

The following year she won a silver medal in the long jump at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, coming in second place to compatriot Bronwyn Thompson.

Matthew McEwen

He won bronze at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, placed seventh at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and was three times Australian champion.

Melissa Hauschildt

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, competing in the Steeplechase, she gave world champion Dorcus Inzikuru a run for her money before settling for the silver medal.

Murray Olds

He has been a reporter for radio stations, including 2UE, and has provided reports for events such as the Commonwealth Games (including the 2006 Games) and Olympics since the 1980s.

Nick Nieland

When his long-time domestic rival Steven Backley retired, Nieland rose to prominence to achieve a gold medal for England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and is now ranked 1st in the UK.

Peddle Thorp

The firm also designed the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, which was used in the 2006 Commonwealth Games, and the TEDA football (soccer) stadium in Tianjin, China.

Perel Rivan

Rivan won a silver medal at the 2003 All-Africa Games and competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

Peta-Gaye Dowdie

As a member of the Jamaican sprint relay team she won a bronze medal at the 1999 World Championships and gold medals at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and 2007 Pan American Games.

Scott Martin

He rose to prominence in a National Australia Bank advertisement promoting the 2006 Commonwealth Games; in the ad, Martin was shown taking part in a ballet class to improve his discus technique.

Sharath Kamal

He also won the gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, beating crowd favourite Australian William Henzell in the final, apart from helping the Indian team clinch gold in the table tennis team event against Singapore.

Shelley Kitchen

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Kitchen beat World No. 1 Nicol David of Malaysia in the third-place match to capture the women's singles Bronze Medal.

Tricia Chuah

As a senior, she won her first WISPA Tour title in 2005 in the Women's Islamic Games and has represented Malaysia in numerous Asian Squash Championships, World Team Squash Championships, the 2006 Commonwealth Games and World Doubles Squash Championships.