The 2006 European Mountain Running Championships

European Mountain Running Championships

The European Mountain Running Championships is an annual international mountain running race. Inaugurated in 2002, it is organised by the European Athletic Association in July each year. The venue for the championships is changed each year....

were held in north-eastern Bohemia

Bohemia

Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...

, Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

, between 8 July and 9 July 2006. They were that year's area championships for mountain running, held by the European Athletic Association

European Athletic Association

The European Athletic Association is the European governing body for the sport of athletics.- History :In 1932, during a meeting of the International Amateur Athletic Federation in Los Angeles, a special committee was designated by the Council with the task of reviewing the conditions for the...

.

Teams arrived in Trutnov

Trutnov

Trutnov is a city in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has a population of 31,239 and lies in the Krkonoše in the valley of the Úpa River....

, at the Hotel Patria on 7 July and the competition officially began on 8 July in Malé Svatoňovice

Malé Svatonovice

Malé Svatoňovice is a village and municipality in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic at the bottom of Jestřebí hory, near the Krkonoše....

 at the bottom of the Jestřebí Mountains (16 km from Trutnov, 5 km from Úpice

Úpice

Úpice is a town in the Czech Republic....

).

Men

Rank	Runner	Country	Time (m Minute A minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour or 60 seconds. In the UTC time scale, a minute on rare occasions has 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second. The minute is not an SI unit; however, it is accepted for use with SI units... :s Second The second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock.... )
	Marco Gaiardo		57:42
	Selahattin Selçuk		57:50
	Julien Rancon		57:59
4	Enrique Meneses		58:42
5	Gabriele Abate		58:48
6	Mitja Kosovelj		58:53
7	Andrew Jones		59:03
8	Timothy Davies Timothy Davies (runner) Timothy Davies is a Welsh athlete who specialises in mountain running.Davies won the silver medal at the 2004 European Mountain Running Championships in the team event alongside Andi Jones and John Brown...		59:30
9	José Carvalho		59:50
10	Daniel Wosik		59:52

Women

Rank	Runner	Country	Time (m Minute A minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour or 60 seconds. In the UTC time scale, a minute on rare occasions has 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second. The minute is not an SI unit; however, it is accepted for use with SI units... :s Second The second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock.... )
	Anna Pichrtová Anna Pichrtova Anna Pichrtová is a professional long distance runner. In 2004 she finished 28th in the Women's marathon at the Athens Olympics, and the following year placed 27th at the World Championships in Helsinki, as well as winning the inaugural edition of the Obudu Ranch International Mountain Race in...		41:28
	Mateja Kosovelj		42:12
	Vittoria Salvini		43:32
4	Sylvie Claus		43:53
5	Marta Fernandez de Castro		44:07
6	Isabelle Guillot		44:20
7	Maria Grazia Roberti		44:42
8	Monica Morstofolini		44:43
9	Iva Milesová		44:52
10	Irena Šádková		44:55

External links

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