Dieter Thoma
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| Medal record | |||
 Dieter Thoma |
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| Men's ski jumping | |||
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| 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 normal hill | |
| Silver | 1997 Trondheim | Individual large hill | |
| Bronze | 1991 Val di Fiemme | Team large hill | |
| Bronze | 1995 Thunder Bay | Team large hill | |
| Bronze | 1997 Trondeheim | Team large hill | |
Dieter Thoma (b October 19, 1969 in Hinterzarten is a former German ski jumper. 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 champion 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-[[1990|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 won five medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, including one Gold (Team large hill: 1999), one silver (Individual large hill: 1997), and three bronzes (Team large hill: 1991, 1995, 1997).
Thoma retired after the 1998/99 season.
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| 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 |
