- Georg Thoma
Georg Thoma (born
August 20 ,1937 inHinterzarten ) is a former Germannordic combined skier. He won two Winter Olympic medals in the nordic combined with gold in 1960 and bronze in 1964.Thoma also won the gold in the individual event at the
1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships inOslo .Thoma's strength in the Nordic combined was jumping. He was three times German champion in
ski jumping (1960 ,1961 , and1963 ). Additionally, he won the nordic combined at theHolmenkollen ski festival from 1963 to1966 . For his Nordic combined successes, Thoma was awarded theHolmenkollen medal in1964 (Shared withVeikko Kankkonen ,Eero Mäntyranta , andHalvor Næs .)Georg Thoma is the uncle of the jumper
Dieter Thoma , winner of theFour Hills Tournament and a World champion in ski flying.External links
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* [http://www.skiforeningen.no/holmenkollen/holmenkollen_historikk Holmenkollen medalists] - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file no icon
* [http://www.skiforeningen.no/holmenkollen/holmenkollen_historikk Holmenkollen winners since 1892] - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file no icon
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