| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's nordic combined | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1960 Squaw Valley | Individual | |
| Bronze | 1964 Innbruck | Individual | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1966 Oslo | Individual | |
Georg Thoma (born August 20, 1937 in Hinterzarten) is a former German nordic combined skier. The Nordic combined is a Winter sport in which athletes compete in both Cross-country skiing and Ski jumping. The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games The 1960 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VIII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter Multi-sport event which was celebrated between February At the 1960 Winter Olympics, the Individual Nordic combined event was contested The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games, were a Winter Multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck The Nordic combined events have been contested at the Winter Olympic Games since 1924 The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1966 took place February 17 - 26, 1966 in Oslo, Norway at the Holmenkollen ski arena Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hinterzarten is a resort village in the Black Forest (German Schwarzwald) located in the southwest of the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The Nordic combined is a Winter sport in which athletes compete in both Cross-country skiing and Ski jumping. He won two Winter Olympic medals in the nordic combined with gold in 1960 and bronze in 1964. The Winter Olympic Games are a winter Multi-sport event held every four years The 1960 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VIII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter Multi-sport event which was celebrated between February The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games, were a Winter Multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck
Thoma also won the gold in the individual event at the 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo. The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1966 took place February 17 - 26, 1966 in Oslo, Norway at the Holmenkollen ski arena (called Christiania from 1624 to 1878 and Kristiania from 1878 to 1924 is the Capital and largest city of Norway.
Thoma's strength in the Nordic combined was jumping. He was three times German champion in ski jumping (1960, 1961, and 1963). Ski jumping is a Sport in which skiers go down an "inrun" with a take-off ramp (the jump attempting to go as far as possible Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Additionally, he won the nordic combined at the Holmenkollen ski festival from 1963 to 1966. The Holmenkollen ski jump, located in Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway, is host to the world's second oldest Ski jump competition still in existence Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. For his Nordic combined successes, Thoma was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1964 (Shared with Veikko Kankkonen, Eero Mäntyranta, and Halvor Næs. The Holmenkollen medal is Norwegian Skiing 's highest award for competitors Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Veikko Kankkonen (born January 5, 1940) is a Finnish Ski jumper who was active in the 1960's Eero Antero Mäntyranta (born November 20 1937 in Turtola (cur Halvor Næs (born April 5, 1927 in Trysil) is a former Norwegian Ski jumper who competed in the 1950s )
Georg Thoma is the uncle of the jumper Dieter Thoma, winner of the Four Hills Tournament and a World champion in ski flying. Dieter Thoma (b October 19 1969 in Hinterzarten) is a former German Ski jumper. The Four Hills Tournament (Vierschanzentournee is composed of four Ski Jumping World Cup events and has taken place in Germany and Austria each The FIS Ski Flying World Championships is a competition that is held semiannually with the occasional exception
External links
- FIS-Ski: Georg Thoma - statistics
- Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
Preceded by Martin Lauer |
German Sportsman of the Year 1960 |
Succeeded by Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips |
| Preceded by Alevtina Kolchina, Pavel Kolchin, Astrid Sandvik, & Torbjørn Yggeseth |
Holmenkollen medal with Veikko Kankkonen, Eero Mäntyranta and Halvor Næs 1964 |
Succeeded by Arto Tianen, Bengt Eriksson, & Arne Larsen |