"Torino 2006" and "Turin 2006" redirect here. For the Winter Paralympics, see 2006 Winter Paralympics.
XX Olympic Winter Games
Emblem of the 2006 Winter Olympics
Host city
Turin, Italy
Motto
Passion Lives Here (Italian: La passione vive qui)
Nations
80
Athletes
2,494 (1,539 men and 955 women)
Events
84 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
Opening
10 February 2006
Closing
26 February 2006
Opened by
President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Cauldron
Stefania Belmondo
Stadium
Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
Winter
← Salt Lake 2002
Vancouver 2010 →
Summer
← Athens 2004
Beijing 2008 →
2006 Winter Paralympics
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2006 Winter Olympics
Bid process
Venues
Mascots
Torch relay
Opening ceremony (flag bearers)
Medal table (medalists)
Event calendar
Chronological summary
Closing ceremony
Paralympics (medal table)
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The 2006 Winter Olympics (Italian: 2006 Olimpiadi invernali), officially the XX Olympic Winter Games (Italian: XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February in Turin, Italy. This marked the second time Italy had hosted the Winter Olympics, the first being in 1956 in Cortina d'Ampezzo; Italy had also hosted the Summer Olympics in 1960 in Rome.
Turin was selected as the host city for the 2006 Games in June 1999. The official motto of Torino 2006 was "Passion lives here".[1] The Games' logo depicted a stylized profile of the Mole Antonelliana building, drawn in white and blue ice crystals, signifying the snow and the sky. The crystal web was also meant to portray the web of new technologies and the Olympic spirit of community. The 2006 Olympic mascots were Neve ("snow" in Italian), a female snowball, and Gliz, a male ice cube.[2]
Italy is scheduled to host the Winter Olympics in 2026 in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, 20 years after the 2006 event.
^"Italian Passion in the Motto of Torino 2006" (PDF). Torino 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2007.
^"Torino 2006 Mascots". olympic.org. IOC. Archived from the original on 26 May 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2007.
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