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 Overall1985/86 58 81 N/A N/A N/A1986/87 — 111 N/A N/A N/A1987/88 15 26 N/A N/A N/A1988/89 4 N/A N/A N/A1989/90 4 N/A N/A N/A1990/91 9 N/A N/A1991/92 42 14 — N/A N/A1992/93 42 20 — N/A N/A1993/94 11 8 — N/A N/A1994/95 18 13 22 N/A N/A 1995/96 25 11 — N/A 251996/97 17 10 1997/98 8 6 28 31 71998/99 10 10 21 22 10
Wins No. Season Date Location Hill Size 1 1988/89 3 December 1988 Thunder Bay Big Thunder K89 NH2 30 December 1988 Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze K115 LH3 1989/90 3 December 1989 Thunder Bay Big Thunder K120 LH4 30 December 1989 Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze K115 LH5 12 January 1990 Harrachov Čerťák K120 LH6 1990/91 16 December 1990 Sapporo Ōkurayama K115 LH7 12 January 1991 Oberhof Hans-Renner-Schanze K120 LH8 1996/97 30 November 1996 Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken K120 (night) LH9 29 December 1996 Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze K115 LH10 6 January 1997 Bischofshofen Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K120 LH11 19 January 1997 Sapporo Ōkurayama K120 LH12 1997/98 29 November 1997 Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken K120 (night) LH
Invalid ski jumping world record DateHillLocationMetresFeet22 March 1997 Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 Planica, Slovenia213699 Not recognized! Crash at world record distance.
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