Georg Thoma

Thoma (center) in 1960.

Medal record

Men's nordic combined
Olympic Games
	1960 Squaw Valley	Individual
	1964 Innbruck	Individual
World Championships
	1966 Oslo	Individual

Georg Thoma (born 20 August 1937 in Hinterzarten) is a former German nordic combined skier. He won two Winter Olympic medals in the Nordic combined with gold in 1960 and bronze in 1964.

Thoma also won the gold in the individual event at the 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo.

Thoma's strength in the Nordic combined was jumping. He was three times German champion in ski jumping (1960, 1961, and 1963). Additionally, he won the Nordic combined at the Holmenkollen ski festival from 1963 to 1966. For his Nordic combined successes, Thoma was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1964 (Shared with Veikko Kankkonen, Eero Mäntyranta, and Halvor Næs.)

Georg Thoma is the uncle of the jumper Dieter Thoma, winner of the Four Hills Tournament and a World champion in ski flying.

References

Georg Thoma at the International Ski Federation
Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)

Olympic champions in Nordic combined 10 km individual normal hill

18 km/ 15 km individual	1924: Thorleif Haug (NOR) 1928: Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR) 1932: Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR) 1936: Oddbjørn Hagen (NOR) 1948: Heikki Hasu (FIN) 1952: Simon Slåttvik (NOR) 1956: Sverre Stenersen (NOR) 1960: Georg Thoma (EUA) 1964: Tormod Knutsen (NOR) 1968: Franz Keller (FRG) 1972: Ulrich Wehling (GDR) 1976: Ulrich Wehling (GDR) 1980: Ulrich Wehling (GDR) 1984: Tom Sandberg (NOR) 1988: Hippolyt Kempf (SUI) 1992: Fabrice Guy (FRA) 1994: Fred Børre Lundberg (NOR) 1998: Bjarte Engen Vik (NOR) 2002: Samppa Lajunen (FIN) 2006: Georg Hettich (GER)

10 km individual normal hill	2010: Jason Lamy-Chappuis (FRA) 2014: Eric Frenzel (GER)

World champions in Nordic combined 10 km individual normal hill

18 km / 15 km individual	1925: Otakar Německý (TCH) 1926: Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR) 1927: Rudolf Burkert (TCH) 1929: Hans Vinjarengen (NOR) 1930: Hans Vinjarengen (NOR) 1931: Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR) 1933: Sven Selånger (SWE) 1934: Oddbjørn Hagen (NOR) 1935: Oddbjørn Hagen (NOR) 1937: Sigurd Røen (NOR) 1938: Olaf Hoffsbakken (NOR) 1939: Gustl Berauer (GER) World War II 1950: Heikki Hasu (FIN) 1954: Sverre Stenersen (NOR) 1958: Paavo Korhonen (FIN) 1962: Arne Larsen (NOR) 1966: Georg Thoma (FRG) 1970: Ladislav Rygl (TCH) 1974: Ulrich Wehling (GDR) 1978: Konrad Winkler (GDR) 1982: Tom Sandberg (NOR) 1985: Hermann Weinbuch (FRG) 1987: Torbjørn Løkken (NOR) 1989: Trond Einar Elden (NOR) 1991: Fred Børre Lundberg (NOR) 1993: Kenji Ogiwara (JPN) 1995: Fred Børre Lundberg (NOR) 1997: Kenji Ogiwara (JPN) 1999: Bjarte Engen Vik (NOR) 2001: Bjarte Engen Vik (NOR) 2003: Ronny Ackermann (GER) 2005: Ronny Ackermann (GER) 2007: Ronny Ackermann (GER)

10 km individual normal hill	2009: Todd Lodwick (USA) 2011: Eric Frenzel (GER) 2013: Jason Lamy-Chappuis (FRA) 2015: Johannes Rydzek (GER)

Holmenkollen Medal

1895: Viktor Thorn (NOR)
1897: Asbjørn Nilssen (NOR)
1899: Paul Braaten (NOR), Robert Pehrson (NOR)
1901: Askel Refstad (NOR)
1903: Karl Hovelsen (NOR)
1904: Harald Smith (NOR)
1905: Jonas Holmen (NOR)
1907: Per Bakken
1908: Einar Kristiansen (NOR)
1909: Thorvald Hansen
1910: Lauritz Bergendahl
1911: Otto Tangen (NOR), Knut Holst (NOR)
1912: Olav Bjaaland (NOR)
1914: Johan Kristoffersen (NOR)
1915: Sverre Østbye (NOR)
1916: Lars Høgvold (NOR)
1918: Hassa Horn (NOR), Jørgen Hansen (NOR)
1919: Thorleif Haug (NOR), Otto Aasen (NOR)
1923: Thoralf Strømstad (NOR)
1924: Harald Økern (NOR), Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR)
1925: Einar Landvik (NOR)
1926: Jacob Tullin Thams
1927: Hagbart Haakonsen (NOR), Einar Lindboe (NOR)
1928: Torjus Hemmestveit (NOR), Mikkjel Hemmestveit (NOR)
1931: Hans Vinjarengen (NOR), Ole Stenen (NOR)
1934: Oddbjørn Hagen (NOR)
1935: Arne Rustadstuen (NOR)
1937: Olaf Hoffsbakken (NOR), Birger Ruud (NOR), Martin P. Vangsli (NOR)
1938: Reidar Andersen (NOR), Johan R. Henriksen (NOR)
1939: Sven Selånger (SWE), Lars Bergendahl (NOR), Trygve Brodahl (NOR)
1940: Oscar Gjøslien (NOR), Annar Ryen (NOR)
1947: Elling Rønes (NOR)
1948: Asbjørn Ruud (NOR)
1949: Sigmund Ruud (NOR)
1950: Olav Økern (NOR)
1951: Simon Slåttvik (NOR)
1952: Stein Eriksen (NOR), Torbjørn Falkanger (NOR), Heikki Hasu (FIN), Nils Karlsson (SWE)
1953: Magnar Estenstad (NOR)
1954: Martin Stokken (NOR)
1955: Haakon VII (NOR), Hallgeir Brenden (NOR), Veikko Hakulinen (FIN), Sverre Stenersen (NOR)
1956: Borghild Niskin (NOR), Arnfinn Bergmann (NOR), Arne Hoel (NOR)
1957: Eero Kolehmainen (FIN)
1958: Inger Bjørnbakken (NOR), Håkon Brusveen (NOR)
1959: Gunder Gundersen (NOR)
1960: Helmut Recknagel (GDR), Sixten Jernberg (SWE), Sverre Stensheim (NOR), Tormod Knutsen (NOR)
1961: Harald Grønningen (NOR)
1962: Toralf Engan (NOR)
1963: Alevtina Kolchina (URS), Pavel Kolchin (URS), Astrid Sandvik (NOR), Torbjørn Yggeseth (NOR)
1964: Veikko Kankkonen (FIN), Eero Mäntyranta (FIN), Georg Thoma (FRG), Halvor Næs (NOR)
1965: Arto Tiainen (FIN), Bengt Eriksson (SWE), Arne Larsen (NOR)
1967: Toini Gustafsson (SWE), Ole Ellefsæter (NOR)
1968: Olav V (NOR), Assar Rönnlund (SWE), Gjermund Eggen (NOR), Bjørn Wirkola (NOR)
1969: Odd Martinsen (NOR)
1970: Pål Tyldum (NOR)
1971: Marjatta Kajosmaa (FIN), Berit Mørdre Lammedal (NOR), Reidar Hjermstad (NOR)
1972: Rauno Miettinen (FIN), Magne Myrmo (NOR)
1973: Einar Bergsland (NOR), Ingolf Mork (NOR), Franz Keller (FRG)
1974: Juha Mieto (FIN)
1975: Gerhard Grimmer (GDR), Oddvar Brå (NOR), Ivar Formo (NOR)
1976: Ulrich Wehling (GDR)
1977: Helena Takalo (FIN), Hilkka Kuntola (FIN), Walter Steiner (SUI)
1979: Ingemar Stenmark (SWE), Erik Håker (NOR), Raisa Smetanina (URS)
1980: Thomas Wassberg (SWE)
1981: Johan Sætre (NOR)
1983: Berit Aunli (NOR), Tom Sandberg (NOR)
1984: Lars-Erik Eriksen (NOR), Jakob Vaage (NOR), Armin Kogler (AUT)
1985: Anette Bøe (NOR), Per Bergerud (NOR), Gunde Svan (SWE)
1986: Britt Pettersen (NOR)
1987: Matti Nykänen (FIN), Hermann Weinbuch (FRG)
1989: Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN)
1991: Vegard Ulvang (NOR), Trond Einar Elden (NOR), Ernst Vettori (AUT), Jens Weißflog (GER)
1992: Yelena Välbe (RUS)
1993: Emil Kvanlid (NOR)
1994: Lyubov Yegorova (RUS), Vladimir Smirnov (KAZ), Espen Bredesen (NOR)
1995: Kenji Ogiwara (JPN)
1996: Manuela Di Centa (ITA)
1997: Bjarte Engen Vik (NOR), Stefania Belmondo (ITA), Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR)
1998: Fred Børre Lundberg (NOR), Larisa Lazutina (RUS), Alexey Prokurorov (RUS), Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN)
1999: Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN)
2001: Adam Małysz (POL), Bente Skari (NOR), Thomas Alsgaard (NOR)
2003: Felix Gottwald (AUT), Ronny Ackermann (GER)
2004: Yuliya Chepalova (RUS)
2005: Andrus Veerpalu (EST)
2007: Frode Estil (NOR), Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR), Harald V (NOR), Sonja (NOR), Simon Ammann (SUI)
2010: Marit Bjørgen (NOR)
2011: Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), Michael Greis (GER), Andrea Henkel (GER), Janne Ahonen (FIN)
2012: Magdalena Neuner (GER), Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)
2013: Tora Berger (NOR), Martin Fourcade (FRA), Therese Johaug (NOR), Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT)
2014: Magnus Moan (NOR), Eric Frenzel (GER), Thomas Morgenstern (AUT), Darya Domracheva (BLR)
2015: Eldar Rønning (NOR), Anders Bardal (NOR), Anette Sagen (NOR), Kamil Stoch (POL)
2016: Noriaki Kasai (JPN)

Awards
Preceded by Martin Lauer	German Sportsman of the Year 1960	Succeeded by Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 50018507 GND: 118622056

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