Dieter Thoma

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Medal record
Center
Dieter Thoma
Men's ski jumping
Olympic
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
Ski flying World Championships
Gold 1990 Vikersund Individual

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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