Dieter Thoma

Dieter Thoma

Thoma in 2005.
Medal record
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

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

• Dieter Thoma at the International Ski Federation