istrict ) <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁Winter ▁Par al ym pic ▁Games ▁( Ital ian : ▁IX ▁G io chi ▁par al imp ici ▁in vern ali ), ▁the ▁nin th ▁Winter ▁Par al ym p ics , ▁took ▁place ▁in ▁Tur in , ▁Italy ▁from ▁ 1 0 ▁to ▁ 1 9 ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁ ▁These ▁were ▁the ▁first ▁Winter ▁Par al ym pic ▁Games ▁to ▁be ▁held ▁in ▁Italy . ▁They ▁were ▁also ▁the ▁first ▁Par al ym p ics ▁to ▁use ▁the ▁new ▁Par al ym p ics ▁logo . ▁ ▁Medal ▁count ▁ ▁The ▁top ▁ 1 0 ▁N PC s ▁by ▁number ▁of ▁gold ▁med als ▁are ▁listed ▁below . ▁The ▁host ▁nation ▁( Ital y ) ▁is ▁highlight ed . ▁ ▁Sports ▁The ▁Games ▁featured ▁ 5 8 ▁medal ▁events ▁in ▁five ▁discipl ines ▁of ▁four ▁sports . ▁As ▁with ▁other ▁Par al ym pic ▁Games , ▁med als ▁are ▁awarded ▁for ▁each ▁classification ▁within ▁each ▁event . ▁The ▁sport ▁of ▁wheel ch air ▁cur ling ▁made ▁its ▁Par al ym pic ▁debut ▁at ▁these ▁games . ▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁Nord ic ▁ski ing ▁ ▁Ven ues ▁The ▁sport ▁ven ues ▁were ▁also ▁used ▁during ▁the ▁Winter ▁Olympics , ▁although ▁not ▁all ▁Olympic ▁ven ues ▁were ▁in ▁use ▁for ▁the ▁Par al ym p ics . ▁ ▁Al pine ▁ski ing ▁events ▁were ▁held ▁at ▁S est riere . ▁Cross - country ▁ski ing ▁and ▁bi ath lon ▁events ▁were