- Dieter Thoma
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Medal record
Thoma in 2005.Men's ski jumping Olympic Games Gold 1994 Lillehammer Team large hill Silver 1998 Nagano Team large hill Bronze 1994 Lillehammer Individual normal hill World Championships Gold 1999 Ramsau Team large hill Silver 1995 Thunder Bay Team large hill Silver 1997 Trondheim Individual large hill Bronze 1991 Val di Fiemme Team large hill Bronze 1997 Trondeheim Team large hill Men's ski flying World Championships Gold 1990 Vikersund Individual Bronze 1998 Oberstdorf Individual Biography
Dieter Thoma (born October 19, 1969 in Hinterzarten) is a German ski jumper who competed in the 1990s. In the 1990,s he was the second best German ski jumper after Jens Weißflog. Thoma wasn't the first known ski jumper in the family: His uncle Georg Thoma was both world and Olympic champion in the nordic combined. Thoma won his first competition in 1990 when he won the Four Hills Tournament. He also won Ski-flying World Championships in Vikersund at the end of the 1989-90 season. Before the start of the 1993-94 season, Thoma changed his technique from jumping with parallel skis to the V-style, and was a part of the German team who won the team competition at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. He also won a bronze medal in the individual normal hill in Lillehammer, then won a silver medal in the team large hill competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. Thoma also won a bronze in the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 1998 in Oberstdorf.
Thoma won five medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, including one gold (Team large hill: 1999), two silvers (Team large hill: 1995, Individual large hill: 1997), and two bronzes (Team large hill: 1991 and 1997).
Thoma retired after the 1998/99 season.
References
Olympic champions in men's ski jumping team large hill 1988: Finland (Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Matti Nykänen, Tuomo Ylipulli, & Jari Puikkonen) * 1992: Finland (Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Mika Laitinen, Risto Laakkonen, & Toni Nieminen) * 1994: Germany (Hansjörg Jäkle, Christof Duffner, Dieter Thoma, & Jens Weißflog) * 1998: Japan (Takanobu Okabe, Hiroya Saito, Masahiko Harada, & Kazuyoshi Funaki) * 2002: Germany (Sven Hannawald, Stephan Hocke, Michael Uhrmann, & Martin Schmitt) * 2006: Austria (Andreas Widhölzl, Andreas Kofler, Martin Koch, & Thomas Morgenstern) * 2010: Austria (Wolfgang Loitzl, Andreas Kofler, Thomas Morgenstern, & Gregor Schlierenzauer)Individual 1972: Walter Steiner (SUI) * 1973: Hans-Georg Aschenbach (GDR) * 1975: Karel Kodejška (TCH) * 1977: Walter Steiner (SUI) * 1979: Armin Kogler (AUT) * 1981: Jari Puikkonen (FIN) * 1983: Klaus Ostwald (GDR) * 1985: Matti Nykänen (FIN) * 1986: Andreas Felder (AUT) * 1988: Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl (NOR) * 1990: Dieter Thoma (FRG) * 1992: Noriaki Kasai (JPN) * 1994: Jaroslav Sakala (CZE) * 1996: Andreas Goldberger (AUT) * 1998: Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN) * 2000: Sven Hannawald (GER) * 2002: Sven Hannawald (GER) * 2004: Roar Ljøkelsøy (NOR) * 2006: Roar Ljøkelsøy (NOR) * 2008: Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) * 2010: Simon Ammann (SUI)Team 2004: Norway (Roar Ljøkelsøy, Sigurd Pettersen, Bjørn Einar Romøren, & Tommy Ingebrigtsen) * 2006: Norway (Roar Ljøkelsøy, Lars Bystøl, Bjørn Einar Romøren, & Tommy Ingebrigtsen) * 2008: Austria (Gregor Schlierenzauer, Andreas Kofler, Thomas Morgenstern, & Martin Koch)1952-53: Sepp Bradl (AUT) • 1953-54: Olaf B. Bjørnstad (NOR) • 1954-55: Hemmo Silvennoinen (FIN) • 1955-56: Nikolay Kamenskiy (URS) • 1956-57: Pentti Uotinen (FIN) • 1957-58: Helmut Recknagel (GDR) • 1958-59: Helmut Recknagel (GDR) • 1959-60: Max Bolkart (GER) • 1960-61: Helmut Recknagel (GDR) • 1961-62: Eino Kirjonen (FIN) • 1962-63: Toralf Engan (NOR) • 1963-64: Veikko Kankkonen (FIN) • 1964-65: Torgeir Brandtzæg (NOR) • 1965-66: Veikko Kankkonen (FIN) • 1966-67: Bjørn Wirkola (NOR) • 1967-68: Bjørn Wirkola (NOR) • 1968-69: Bjørn Wirkola (NOR) • 1969-70: Horst Queck (GDR) • 1970-71: Jiří Raška (TCH) • 1971-72: Ingolf Mork (NOR) • 1972-73: Rainer Schmidt (GDR) • 1973-74: Hans-Georg Aschenbach (GDR) • 1974-75: Willi Pürstl (AUT) • 1975-76: Jochen Danneberg (GDR) • 1976-77: Jochen Danneberg (GDR) • 1977-78: Kari Ylianttila (FIN) • 1978-79: Pentti Kokkonen (FIN) • 1979-80: Hubert Neuper (AUT) • 1980-81: Hubert Neuper (AUT) • 1981-82: Manfred Deckert (GDR) • 1982-83: Matti Nykänen (FIN) • 1983-84: Jens Weißflog (GDR) • 1984-85: Jens Weißflog (GDR) • 1985-86: Ernst Vettori (AUT) • 1986-87: Ernst Vettori (AUT) • 1987-88: Matti Nykänen (FIN) • 1988-89: Risto Laakkonen (FIN) • 1989-90: Dieter Thoma (FRG) • 1990-91: Jens Weißflog (GER) • 1991-92: Toni Nieminen (FIN) • 1992-93: Andreas Goldberger (AUT) • 1993-94: Espen Bredesen (NOR) • 1994-95: Andreas Goldberger (AUT) • 1995-96: Jens Weißflog (GER) • 1996-97: Primož Peterka (SLO) • 1997-98: Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN) • 1998-99: Janne Ahonen (FIN) • 1999-2000: Andreas Widhölzl (AUT) • 2000-01: Adam Małysz (POL) • 2001-02: Sven Hannawald (GER) • 2002-03: Janne Ahonen (FIN) • 2003-04: Sigurd Pettersen (NOR) • 2004-05: Janne Ahonen (FIN) • 2005-06: (tie) Janne Ahonen (FIN) & Jakub Janda (CZE) • 2006-07: Anders Jacobsen (NOR) • 2007-08: Janne Ahonen (FIN) • 2008-09: Wolfgang Loitzl (AUT) • 2009-10: Andreas Kofler (AUT)
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