Klagenfurt 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	Klagenfurt, Austria
NOC	Austrian Olympic Committee (AUT)
Previous Games hosted
None
Decision
Result	Not shortlisted

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Klagenfurt 2006 (Austro-Bavarian: Klognfuat 2006; Slovene: Celovec 2006) was an unsuccessful multi-national bid submitted by Klagenfurt, Austria and the Austrian Olympic Committee to host the 2006 Winter Olympics. It was one of six candidates, but failed to be short-listed.

As the failed bid proposed by Tarvisio for the 2002 Winter Olympics,this bid also planned to use venues placed in Italy and Slovenia. One of the principal motivations was to "demonstrate the unity, harmony, and friendship of a region which has existed and developed as such over centuries, despite changing conditions, separation by political borders and language barriers". The concept was considered to be interesting, but could have resulted in many potential organisational difficulties.^[1]