Dieter Thoma

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

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

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 5881N/AN/AN/A
1986/87 —111N/AN/AN/A
1987/88 1526N/AN/AN/A
1988/89 4N/AN/AN/A
1989/90 4N/AN/AN/A
1990/91 9N/AN/A
1991/92 4214—N/AN/A
1992/93 4220—N/AN/A
1992/93 118—N/AN/A
1994/95 181322N/AN/A
1995/96 2511—N/A25
1996/97 1710
1997/98 8628317
1998/99 1010212210

Wins
No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 1988/893 December 1988   Thunder BayBig Thunder K89NH
2 30 December 1988   OberstdorfSchattenbergschanze K115LH
3 1989/903 December 1989   Thunder BayBig Thunder K120LH
4 30 December 1989   OberstdorfSchattenbergschanze K115LH
5 12 January 1990   HarrachovČerťák K120LH
6 1990/9116 December 1990   SapporoŌkurayama K115LH
7 12 January 1991   OberhofHans-Renner-Schanze K120LH
8 1996/9730 November 1996   LillehammerLysgårdsbakken K120 (night)LH
9 29 December 1996   OberstdorfSchattenbergschanze K115LH
10 6 January 1997   BischofshofenPaul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K120LH
11 19 January 1997   SapporoŌkurayama K120LH
12 1997/9829 November 1997   LillehammerLysgårdsbakken 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.

References
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