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The 2006 RS:X World Championships were held at the Lake Garda

Lake Garda

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in Trentino, Italy

Italy

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between September 23 and September 30, 2006.

Men's results

Pos.	Sailor	Points
	Casper Bouman Casper Bouman Casper Bouman is a Dutch sailor, who lives in Den Haag, Zuid-Holland.Bouman won the gold medal at the 2006 RS:X World Championships to claim the world title. During the event the top-10 sailors were selected to sail the final race, called the medal race...	23
	Tom Ashley Tom Ashley Thomas John Mitchell Ashley, ONZM is a sailor from New Zealand, who won the gold medal in the men's sailboard event at the 2008 Summer Olympics, he also won the 2008 RS:X World Championships. He is the Olympic champion and the 2008 World champion...	23
	Przemysław Miarczyński	24
4.	Joeri van Dijk Joeri van Dijk Joeri van Dijk is a Dutch sailor, who won his first race in 2000 when capturing the Mistral North Sea Cup Series held in Grevelingen in the Netherlands. In the same year he became Youth World Champion in Sydney...	48
5.	Nick Dempsey Nick Dempsey Nick Dempsey is an English windsurfer, who lives in Weymouth. He married Sarah Ayton in October 2008 just 2 months after their gold medal victories. In June 2009, they had a son, Thomas-Flynn....	51
6.	Maxime Oberemko	76
7.	Piotr Myszka Piotr Myszka Piotr Myszka is a Polish windsurfer. He won the Gold medal at the 2010 RS:X Windsurfing World Championships.-References:...	78
8.	Toni Wilhelm	78
9.	Ricardo Santos Ricardo Santos Ricardo Alex Costa Santos is a beach volleyball player from Brazil, who won the silver medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, with partner Zé Marco de Melo....	82
10.	Nicolas Le Gal	93

^{^} Bouman finished in a higher position during the medal race

Women's results

Pos.	Sailor	Points
	Alessandra Sensini Alessandra Sensini Alessandra Sensini is an Italian windsurfer. She is a 4-time Olympian, winning a gold medal and two additional bronze medals. She also won 3 gold and 2 silver medals at World Championships, as well as 3 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals at European Championships...	28
	Marina Alabau Neira Marina Alabau Neira Marina Alabau Neira is a Spanish sailor. She has won the silver medal at the 2006 RS:X World Championships.-Achievements:-External links:* *...	32
	Faustine Merret Faustine Merret Faustine Lucie Merret is a French windsurfer, who became Olympic champion at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the windsurfing class. She also has won several medals at World and European championships in the mistral and RS:X windsurfing classes.-Achievements:-External links:*...	56
4.	Zofia Klepacka	64
5.	Barbara Kendall Barbara Kendall Barbara Kendall, MBE is a boardsailor from New Zealand. Kendall was raised at Bucklands Beach and attended Macleans College...	85
6.	Romy Kinzl	102
7.	Jessica Crisp Jessica Crisp Jessica Crisp is an Australian windsurfer currently living in Sydney, Australia. She represented Australia at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics when windsurfing was a demonstration sport. She then represented Australia at the Sydney, Athens and Beijing Olympic Games.- References :*...	104
8.	Charline Picon	106
9.	Antonia Frai	112
10.	Bryony Shaw Bryony Shaw Bryony Elisabeth Shaw is a British windsurfer.-Early life:She first began windsurfing in the south of France in 1992. She attended Cheney Upper School on Cheney Lane near Headington in Oxford gaining A levels in Art, Maths and Biology, where her father had been teaching Business Studies for PhD at...	120

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