Dieter Thoma

Dieter Thoma
Country West Germany (1985-90)
 Germany (1990-1999)
Born (1969-10-19) 19 October 1969 (age 55)
Hinterzarten, West Germany
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Personal best211 m (692 ft)
Planica, 22 March 1997
World Cup career
Seasons1986–1999
Indiv. starts202
Indiv. podiums36
Indiv. wins12
Team starts7
Team podiums4
Four Hills titles1 (1990)
JP titles1 (1997)
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1994 Lillehammer Team LH
Silver medal – second place 1998 Nagano Team LH
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Lillehammer Individual NH
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Gold medal – first place 1999 Ramsau Team LH
Silver medal – second place 1995 Thunder Bay Team LH
Silver medal – second place 1997 Trondheim Individual LH
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Val di Fiemme Team LH
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Trondheim Team LH
Men's ski flying
FIS Ski Flying World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1990 Vikersund Individual
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Oberstdorf Individual
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Dieter Thoma (born 19 October 1969) is a West German/German former ski jumper.

Career

During that time he was the second best German ski jumper after Jens Weißflog. Thoma was not 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.

World Cup

Standings

 Season  Overall 4H SF NT JP
1985/86 58 81 N/A N/A N/A
1986/87 — 111 N/A N/A N/A
1987/88 15 26 N/A N/A N/A
1988/89 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 N/A N/A N/A
1989/90 4 1st place, gold medalist(s) N/A N/A N/A
1990/91 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 9 N/A N/A
1991/92 42 14 — N/A N/A
1992/93 42 20 — N/A N/A
1993/94 11 8 — N/A N/A
1994/95 18 13 22 N/A N/A
1995/96 25 11 — N/A 25
1996/97 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 17 10 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1997/98 8 6 28 31 7
1998/99 10 10 21 22 10

Wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 1988/89 3 December 1988   Canada Thunder Bay Big Thunder K89 NH
2 30 December 1988   West Germany Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze K115 LH
3 1989/90 3 December 1989   Canada Thunder Bay Big Thunder K120 LH
4 30 December 1989   West Germany Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze K115 LH
5 12 January 1990   Czechoslovakia Harrachov Čerťák K120 LH
6 1990/91 16 December 1990   Japan Sapporo Ōkurayama K115 LH
7 12 January 1991   Germany Oberhof Hans-Renner-Schanze K120 LH
8 1996/97 30 November 1996   Norway Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken K120 (night) LH
9 29 December 1996   Germany Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze K115 LH
10 6 January 1997   Austria Bischofshofen Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K120 LH
11 19 January 1997   Japan Sapporo Ōkurayama K120 LH
12 1997/98 29 November 1997   Norway Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken K120 (night) LH

Invalid ski jumping world record

Date Hill Location Metres Feet
22 March 1997   Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 Planica, Slovenia 213 699

  Not recognized! Crash at world record distance.

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