Sion bid for the 2006 Winter Olympics

Bids for the
2006 (2006) Winter Olympics and Paralympics

Overview
XX Olympic Winter Games IX Paralympic Winter Games
Winner: Turin Runner-up: Sion Shortlist: Helsinki · Klagenfurt · Poprad-Tatry · Zakopane
Details
City	Sion, Switzerland
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association (SUI)
Previous Games hosted
None bid for 1976 Winter Olympics and 2002 Winter Olympics
Decision
Result	Runner-up (2nd place)

Sion submitted its bid for the 2006 Winter Olympics backed up by the Swiss Olympic Association. The sports concept was considered as "well thought out with the Olympic Village centrally located in Sion, the ice sports in the Rhône valley and the skiing events in the mountains on either side of the city".[1]

Venues

The proposed venues were:[2]

Sion Cluster

• Sion - ceremonies, main olympic village, figure skating, short track
• Martigny - ice hockey, speed skating (temporary)
• Visp - ice hockey
• Crans-Montana- alpine skiing, snowboard, ski jumping, curling, Nordic combined
• Veysonnaz - alpine skiing, freestyle skiing
• Goms Valley - biathlon, cross-country skiing, Nordic combined

St. Moritz Venue

• St. Moritz - St. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun for bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton

References

Notes

1. "CONTENTdm" (PDF). library.la84.org. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
2. "Report of the IOC Evaluation Commission for the XX Olympic Winter Games in 2006" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2014-03-29., p.60

External links

• Candidate city bidbook