- Derval O'Rourke
Derval O'Rourke (born 28 May, 1981, in Cork, Republic of Ireland) is an Irish sprint hurdles athlete. She competes internationally in the 60 and 100 metres hurdles, and is the Irish national record holder in both events. She has participated in the last two Indoor World Championships and "Outdoor" World Championships and the 2004 Olympic Games.O'Rourke attended University College, Dublin where she held a sports scholarship between 2000 and 2004.
- Liliya Shobukhova
Liliya Shobukhova (born 13 November 1977) is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 3000 and 5000 metres. In 2006 she won a silver medal the World Indoor Championships before finishing second at the European championships.
- Ivan Heshko
Ivan Heshko is a Ukrainian athlete specializing in the 1500 meters. He was born on August 19, 1979 in Chernivtsi Oblast, Northern Bukovina. Heshko started to train at the age of 14. He achieved his studies at the Teacher's Training College: Kamenets-Podolskiy. A member of an Italian athletic club, he has been trained by Georgiy Mironiouk since 1992, and has five times been the champion of his country, …
- Eliud Kipchoge
Eliud Kipchoge (born November 5 1984 in Kapsisiywa, near Kapsabet) is a Kenyan 5000 metres runner. He won a gold medal at the 5000m final of the 2003 World Championships, beating runner-up Hicham El Guerrouj by four hundredths of a second, by 12:52.79 and 12:52.83. He won a bronze medal at the 5000m final of the 2004 Athens Olympics, behind Hicham El Guerrouj and Kenenisa Bekele. He also won the bronze in the 3000 metres indoor at the 2006 World Championships in Moscow.
- Tim Lobinger
Tim Lobinger (born September 3, 1972 in Rheinbach, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German track and field athlete. His discipline is pole vault and he has been an elite competitor since the 1990s. His best results came in 1997 and 1999 when he jumped over 6.00 meters. His best medals so far have been silver at the 1998 European Athletics Championships and the 2006 European Athletics Championships.
- Meseret Defar
Meseret Defar (born November 19, 1983 in Addis Ababa) is a female athlete from Ethiopia. She won gold in the women's 5000 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with a time of 14:45.65. She won a silver medal at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, losing only to Tirunesh Dibaba. In 2006 she won the World Indoor Championships over 3000 metres, defending her title from the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
- Andrew Howe
Andrew Howe Besozzi is an Italian athlete who specializes in the long jump. He won this event as well as the 200 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships. Born to Renée Fedler, U.S. hurdler, and Andrew Howe Sr., a footballer of German descent, he moved in Rieti, Italy, in 1990 together with his mother, after she married to an Italian man, Ugo Besozzi. His international breakthrough came at the 2006 World Indoor Championships, where he finished third.
- Nelson Évora
Nelson Évora is a Portuguese athlete who specializes in the triple jump and long jump. He represented Cape Verde until 2002, when he got Portuguese citizenship. Born in Cote D'Ivoire where his parents had come to live from Cape Verde, Nelson relocated to Portugal when he was five. He still holds the Cape Verdean records in both long jump (7.57 metres) and triple jump (16.15 metres). He competed in the triple jump in the 2004 Olympics, without progressing from his pool, …
- Ignisious Gaisah
Ignisious Gaisah (born July 20, 1983) is a Ghanaian athlete competing in the long jump. Gaisah currently lives and trains in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He came to the Netherlands in 2001 and soon flabbergasted everyone at his local club by saying his PB was 7,85 metres and started proving it as well. He began competing in the national competition for his club P.A.C. Rotterdam. Needless to say he won every meeting he competed in.
- Yelena Slesarenko
Yelena Vladimirovna Slesarenko, née Sivushenko is a Russian high jumper. Largely unknown before 2004, she kickstarted the season by clearing 2.04 metres and winning the World Indoor Championships. When the outdoor season started she won the SPAR European Cup with the same result, improving her personal best from 1.97 (achieved in 2002). She continued her good form at the 2004 Summer Olympics, …
- Leonard Scott
Leonard Scott (born February 9, 1981) is also an American sprinter mainly competing in the 100 meters event. In 2005 he joined the exclusive list of sprinters to run in less than 10 seconds. A month later he finished 6th at the 2005 World Championships. Having overcome eventual silver medal winner Michael Frater in the semifinal, he had been among the medal favorites.
- Alleyne Francique
Alleyne Francique (born June 7, 1976) is a Grenadian athlete who specializes in 400 metres, his personal best being 44.47 seconds set in 2004. He won his first international medal in 2003, when he finished third in the first World Athletics Final in 45.25 s. The next year he won the gold medal at the World Indoor Championships, achieving the result 45.88 s. Later that year he competed in 400 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics, …
- Yelena Soboleva
Yelena Soboleva (born 3 August, 1982) is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. In February 2006 she established a new world indoor record of 3:58.28 seconds in a race in Moscow. A month later she won a silver medal at the World Indoor Championships in the same city.
- Natallia Solohub
Natallia Solohub, sometimes spelt Sologub (see Ge or He) (born March 31, 1975), is a Belarusian sprinter. She has won silver medals in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 and 2006 World Indoor Championships, and a bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2005 World Championships. At the 2001 World Championships she failed a drugs test for norandrosterone. She was banned from the sport between August 2001 and August 2003.
- Kim Gevaert
Kim Gevaert (born August 5, 1978 in Leuven) is a Belgian sprint athlete. Her closest brush with a world title came in running 4/100th's of a second behind 3 times champion Gail Devers at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics. At the next World Indoor Championships, in 2006, she won the bronze medal in a national record time of 7.11 seconds. On August 9, 2006 she won the 100 metres at the European Championships in 11.06 seconds.
- Olusoji Fasuba
Olusoji Adetokunbo Fasuba (born July 9, 1984) is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. He was a member of the Nigerian bronze medal winning team in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2004 Olympic Games. The same year he won the African Championships on 100 metres. In early 2006 he finished fifth at the World Indoor Championships and second at the Commonwealth Games. He then established a new African record with 9.85 seconds from the Doha Grand Prix in May, …
- Andrey Yepishin
Andrey Yepishin (born June 10, 1981 in Zhukovsky) is a Russian athlete specializing in the 100 metres. Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he achieved fifth place in his 100 metres heat, thus failing to make it through to the second round. The next year he finished fifth at the European Indoor Athletics Championships, and won a silver medal at the Universiade in Izmir.
- Yaroslav Rybakov
Yaroslav Rybakov (born November 22, 1980 in Mogilyev, Belarus) is a Russian athlete who specializes in the high jump. He is the 2002 European Champion high jumper, and at the 2005 World Championships he shared the silver medal with Victor Moya of Cuba. In 2006 he won the World Indoor Championships. His indoor personal best is 2.38 metres, set during the European Indoor Championships when he finished second. His outdoor personal best is currently 2.34 metres.
- Mbulaeni Mulaudzi
Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (born September 8, 1980) is a South African middle distance runner. His best season so far has been 2004, when he won the World Indoor Championships and an Olympic silver medal. But the season of 2006 was also very good for him. That year he won nearly all his racesAt the 2006 World Indoor Championships he won a silver medal.
- Yuliya Chizhenko
Yuliya Chizhenko (born 30 August 1979) is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. At the 2005 World Championships she originally finished in silver medal position behind Tatyana Tomashova, but was disqualified for obstructing Maryam Yusuf Jamal of Bahrain. The next year Chizhenko won the World Indoor Championships before finishing second at the European championships, again behind Tomashova.
- Dayron Robles
Dayron Robles (born November 19, 1986) is a Cuban hurdling athlete. At the World Indoor Championships he finished second with a new personal best time (indoor) of 7.46 seconds. His current personal best time over 110 metres is 13.00 seconds, equalling the Cuban record of his idol Anier Garcia.
- Irving Saladino
Irving Saladino is a Panamanian long jump athlete. At the World Indoor Championships he finished second with a new South American indoor record of 8.29 metres. In 2006 he won five out of six Golden League events in the same season, which earned him a total of $83,333. With 8.56 metres achieved in May 2006 he is the current South American record holder. The 2006 world leader in the Long Jump, launched his 2007 season with the furthest leap of the year, 8.53m (0.2 m/s wind), …
- Ilona Usovich
Ilona Usovich (born 14 November 1982) is a Belarusian sprinter. Together with Natallia Solohub, Anna Kozak and Svetlana Usovich she won a silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships. The next year Ilona finished 4th over 400 metres at the 2005 European Indoor Athletics Championships. For the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships, the Belarusian team had substituted Svetlana Usovich with Yulyana Zhalniryuk, and won a bronze medal.
- Anna Kozak
Anna Kozak (born 22 June 1974) is a Belarusian sprinter. Together with Natallia Solohub, Ilona Usovich and Svetlana Usovich she won a silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships. For the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships, the Belarusian team had substituted Svetlana Usovich with Yulianna Zhalniaruk, and won a bronze medal.
- Anna Pyatykh
Anna Viktorovna Pyatykh (born April 4, 1981 in Moscow) is a successful Russian triple jumper. She has won the SPAR European Cup four consecutive times, won a bronze medal at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki and has also competed at the 2004 Athens Olympics. In 2006 she finished second at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships behind countrywoman Tatyana Lebedeva.
- Aleksandr Derevyagin
Alexsandr Derevyagin (born March 24 1979) is a Russian hurdler. He finished 8th in the 400m hurdles final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. He also competed in the 4 x 400m relay team for Russia at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships, winning a bronze medal.
- Maria Cioncan
Maria Cioncan (June 19 1977 - January 21 2007) was a middle distance runner from Romania, best known for winning a bronze medal in the 1500 metres event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Born in Maieru, she set personal bests in both 800 and 1500 metres during the games. Her 2005 season was abbreviated, and the only notable competition was the SPAR European Cup in Firenze, Italy where she won the 800 (2:00.88) and placed second in the 1500 (4:07.39).
- Alhaji Jeng
Alhaji Jeng (born December 13, 1981 in Banjul, Gambia) is a Swedish pole vaulter and actor. He came to Sweden when he was just 3 months old but retained his Gambian citizenship until he was 18 years old, when he applied for and was granted Swedish citizenship. He currently has the Gambian national record at 5.30 metres, set before his Swedish citizenship. For Sweden he won the silver medal at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
- California Molefe
California Molefe (born 12 March, 1980) is a Botswana sprinter runner who won a silver medal in 400 metres at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow, becoming the first Botswana athlete to win a major international medal. His only title prior to 2006 was a bronze medal at the 1999 African Junior Championships.
- Damu Cherry
Damu Cherry (born 29 November 1977) is an American hurdler. She finished seventh at the 2006 World Indoor Championships and second at the 2006 World Athletics Final. Her personal best time is 12.44 seconds, achieved in July 2006 in Lausanne. In 2003 she tested positive for a banned substance in an IAAF out-of-competition test. She was suspended from August 2003 to August 2005.
- Olga Ryabinkina
Olga Ryabinkina (born September 24, 1976) is a Russian shot putter. She finished tenth at the 2000 Summer Olympics. At the 2004 Summer Olympics she failed to progress from the initial round. In 2005 she won bronze and silver medals at the European Indoor and the World Championships respectively. She also achieved a personal best throw with 19.65 metres. In 2006 she won the bronze medal at the World Indoor Championships, …
- Lyudmila Blonska
Lyudmila Blonska, née Shevchuk is an Ukrainian heptathlete. She finished thirteenth at the 2002 Athletics Championships, won the gold medal at the 2005 Universiade and finished fifth at the 2006 European Championships. She also competed at the 2000 Olympics. In the pentathlon she won the gold medal at the 2006 World Indoor Championships. Her personal best heptathlon score is 6626 points, achieved in May 2007 in Götzis.
- Andrei Mikhnevich
Andrei Mikhnevich (born July 12, 1976 in Babrujsk) is a Belarusian shot putter. He received a two-year suspension for a doping offense on August 7, 2001. Only 17 days after his suspension ended he became world champion in Paris with a personal best throw of 21.69 metres. He also won the Universiade the same year. His best performance the following two years was a fifth place at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
- Carlos Santa
Carlos Santa (born 7 January 1978) is a sprinter from the Dominican Republic who specializes in the 400 metres. He competed at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics as well as the World Championships in 1999, 2003 and 2005, and finished fifth at the 2005 World Athletics Final. In 2006 he finished fifth in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2006 World Indoor Championships, together with teammates Arismendy Peguero, Danis García and Juan Betances, …
- Vania Stambolova
Vania Stambolova (born 28 November 1983) is a Bulgarian athlete. She competes in the 400 metres hurdles and the 400 metres event. At the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships she won a silver medal over 400 metres. She also won a gold medal at the 2006 European Championship.
- Tiffany Ross-Williams
Tiffany Ross-Williams (born 5 February 1983) is an American hurdler. She finished fourth at the 2002 World Junior Championships and second at the 2006 World Athletics Final. In addition she won a silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2006 World Indoor Championships. Her personal best time is 53.79 seconds, achieved in August 2006 in Monaco.
- Arismendy Peguero
Arismendy Peguero Thicket is a sprinter from the Dominican Republic who specializes in the 400 metres. Peguero finished fifth in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2006 World Indoor Championships, together with teammates Danis García, Juan Betances and Carlos Santa. He later won a bronze medal in 400 m at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games. His success earned him the title "Dominican Republic male athlete of the year" in 2006.
- Dmitriy Petrov
Dmitriy Petrov is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. At the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow he finished sixth in the 400 metres and won a bronze medal in 4 x 400 metres relay. His personal best time over 400 m is 46.38 seconds, achieved in May 2001 in Krasnodar.
- Juan Betances
Juan Betances is a sprinter from the Dominican Republic. Betances finished fifth in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2006 World Indoor Championships, together with teammates Arismendy Peguero, Danis García and Carlos Santa.
- Danis García
Danis García is a sprinter from the Dominican Republic. García finished fifth in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2006 World Indoor Championships, together with teammates Arismendy Peguero, Juan Betances and Carlos Santa. Previously he competed in this event at the 2005 World Championships without success.