Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Four figure skating events at the 2006 Winter Olympics were held at the Palavela in Turin.
Lithuanian ice dancers Margarita Drobiazko and Povilas Vanagas became the first figure skaters to compete at five Olympics.
Medal summary
Medalists
Medal table
Entries
Champions Gala
The traditional Figure Skating Champions Gala took place on February 24 at Palavela, featuring exhibition performances by the top five placers in the four figure skating events and all the Italian skaters. Pairs skaters Zhang and Zhang did not participate in the gala.The following is a partial list of skaters who appeared in the Champions Gala :
Faiella and Scali, Karel Zelenka, Silvia Fontana, Denkova and Staviski, Joannie Rochette, Inoue and John Baldwin, Johnny Weir, Delobel and Schoenfelder, Fumie Suguri, Petrova and Tikhonov, Evan Lysacek, Grushina and Goncharov, Irina Slutskaya, Fusar-Poli and Margaglio, Carolina Kostner, Pang and Tong, Jeffrey Buttle, Belbin and Agosto, Sasha Cohen, Shen and Zhao, Stéphane Lambiel, Navka and Kostomarov, Shizuka Arakawa, Totmianina and Marinin, and Evgeni Plushenko.
Russian pair Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin and Evgeni Plushenko skate accompanied by Edvin Marton at the violin, playing from the ice.
At the end of the gala, the skaters all gathered together to close the show with their bows.