Thomas Diethart (born 25 February 1992) is an Austrian former
ski jumper who won the
2014 Four Hills Tournament.
Career
Diethart's debut in the
FIS Ski Jumping World Cup took place in January 2011 in
Innsbruck
Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label= Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol and the fifth-largest city in Austria. On the River Inn, at its junction with the Wipp Valley, which provides access to the Brenner Pass to the south, it had a ...
. He won his first podium, a third place, in
Oberstdorf
Oberstdorf ( Low Alemannic: ''Oberschdorf'') is a municipality and skiing and hiking town in Germany, located in the Allgäu region of the Bavarian Alps. It is the southernmost settlement in Germany and one of its highest towns.
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in 2013.
His first world cup win took place just a few days later in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, when he won against his teammate Thomas Morgenstern and the Swiss Simon Ammann. After a 5th place in Innsbruck, he proceeded to win his second world cup jump in Bischofshofen, which also meant the triumph of the well-respected
Four Hills Tournament.
Diethart competed for Austria at the
2014 Winter Olympics
, ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'')
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, events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, athletes = 2,873
, opening = 7 February 2014
, closing = 23 February 2014
, opened_by = President Vladimir Putin
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, stadium = Fisht Olympi ...
in
Sochi, Russia in men's ski jumping in both the individual normal hill and large hill events. In the normal hill he qualified for the finals and placed fourth, while, in the large hill he did not qualify for the finals and placed 32nd. Then as part of the Austrian team along with
Michael Hayböck,
Thomas Morgenstern and
Gregor Schlierenzauer he took a silver in the team large hill competition at the same games.
World Cup
Standings
Wins
External links
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1992 births
Living people
Austrian male ski jumpers
Ski jumpers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic ski jumpers of Austria
Olympic silver medalists for Austria
Olympic medalists in ski jumping
Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
People from Tulln an der Donau
21st-century Austrian people