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

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Career

During that time he was the second best German ski jumper after

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. Thoma was not the first known ski jumper in the family: his uncle

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was both

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and

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in the

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. Thoma won his first competition in 1990 when he won the

Four Hills Tournament The Four Hills Tournament (german: link=no, Vierschanzentournee) or the German-Austrian Ski Jumping Week (german: link=no, Deutsch-Österreichische Skisprung-Woche) is a ski jumping event composed of four World Cup events and has taken place in ...

. He also won

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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

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, and was a part of the German team who won the team competition at the

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. He also won a bronze medal in the individual normal hill in

, then won a silver medal in the team large hill competition at the

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. Thoma also won a bronze in the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 1998 in

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. Thoma won five medals at the

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, 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

Wins

Invalid ski jumping world record

Not recognized! Crash at world record distance.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thoma, Dieter 1969 births German male ski jumpers Living people Olympic ski jumpers of Germany Olympic ski jumpers of West Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany People from Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald Sportspeople from Freiburg (region) Ski jumpers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in ski jumping FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics