Georg Thoma
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Thoma at the 1966 World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 20 August 1937 (1937-08-20) (age 87) Hinterzarten, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Nordic combined | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SC Hinterzarten | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Georg Thoma (German pronunciation: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈtoːmaː] ⓘ; born 20 August 1937) is a retired German Nordic combined skier and ski jumper. He won a gold medal at the 1960 Olympics, becoming the first non-Scandinavian athlete to do so, and was voted German Sportsman of the Year. At the 1964 Olympics he won a bronze medal and served as the Olympic flag bearer for Germany at the opening ceremony. He further won the world championships title in 1966. Thoma's strength in the Nordic combined was jumping. He was three times German champion in ski jumping (1960, 1961, and 1963). Additionally, he won the Nordic combined at the Holmenkollen ski festival from 1963 to 1966. For his Nordic combined successes, Thoma was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1964 (ahared with Veikko Kankkonen, Eero Mäntyranta, and Halvor Næs).[1]
Thoma is the uncle of the ski jumper Dieter Thoma. After retiring from competitions he worked as a postman in his hometown and later as a television commentator. He was one of the first German winter athletes to make his living from sponsorship.[1]
References
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Georg Thoma". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
External links
- Georg Thoma at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Georg Thoma at Olympedia
- Georg Thoma at Olympics.com
- Holmenkollen medalists at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 February 2007) – click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 February 2007) – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
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Preceded by | German Sportsman of the Year 1960 | Succeeded by |
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- 1924: Thorleif Haug (NOR)
- 1928: Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR)
- 1932: Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR)
- 1936: Oddbjørn Hagen (NOR)
- 1948: Heikki Hasu (FIN)
- 1952: Simon Slåttvik (NOR)
- 1956: Sverre Stenersen (NOR)
- 1960: Georg Thoma (EUA)
- 1964: Tormod Knutsen (NOR)
- 1968: Franz Keller (FRG)
- 1972: Ulrich Wehling (GDR)
- 1976: Ulrich Wehling (GDR)
- 1980: Ulrich Wehling (GDR)
- 1984: Tom Sandberg (NOR)
- 1988: Hippolyt Kempf (SUI)
- 1992: Fabrice Guy (FRA)
- 1994: Fred Børre Lundberg (NOR)
- 1998: Bjarte Engen Vik (NOR)
- 2002: Samppa Lajunen (FIN)
- 2006: Georg Hettich (GER)
- 2010: Jason Lamy-Chappuis (FRA)
- 2014: Eric Frenzel (GER)
- 2018: Eric Frenzel (GER)
- 2022: Vinzenz Geiger (GER)
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