Thomas Klauser (born 9 June 1964 in

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) was a

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ski jumper who competed from 1979 to 1991. At the

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, he finished fourth in the individual large hill and sixth in the team large hill events. Klauser's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was fifth in the individual large hill at

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. His best finish at the

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was sixth at Bad Mitterndorf in 1986. Klauser's best World Cup career finish was second twice in 1986.

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* 1964 births Living people People from Traunstein (district) Sportspeople from Upper Bavaria Ski jumpers at the 1984 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Olympic ski jumpers of West Germany German male ski jumpers 20th-century German people {{Germany-skijumping-bio-stub