Dieter Thoma

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Medal record
Dieter Thoma
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

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 1989-90 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), 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.

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• FIS Profile

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

World Champions in men's ski jumping team large hill

1982 Norway Johan Sætre, Per Bergerud, Ole Bremseth, & Olav Hansson 1984 Finland Markku Pusenius, Pentti Kokkonen, Jari Puikkonen, & Matti Nykänen 1985 Finland Tuomo Ylipulli, Pentti Kokkonen, Matti Nykänen, & Jari Puikkonen 1987 Finland Matti Nykänen, Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Tuomo Ylipulli, & Pekka Suorsa 1989 Finland Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Jari Puikkonen, Matti Nykänen, & Risto Laakkonen 1991 Austria Heinz Kuttin, Ernst Vettori, Stefan Horngacher, & Andreas Felder 1993 Norway Bjørn Myrbakken, Helge Brendryen, Øyvind Berg, & Espen Bredesen 1995 Finland Jani Soininen, Janne Ahonen, Mika Laitinen, & Ari-Pekka Nikkola 1997 Finland Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Jani Soininen, Mika Laitinen, & Janne Ahonen 1999 Germany Sven Hannawald, Christof Duffner, Dieter Thoma, & Martin Schmitt 2001 Germany Sven Hannawald, Michael Uhrmann, Alexander Herr, & Martin Schmitt 2003 Finland Janne Ahonen, Tami Kiuru, Arttu Lappi, & Matti Hautamäki 2005 Austria Wolfgang Loitzl, Andreas Widhölzl, Thomas Morgenstern, & Martin Höllwarth