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| DATE OF BIRTH = 20 August 1937
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Revision as of 12:57, 28 February 2016

Georg Thoma
Thoma (center) in 1960.
Medal record
Men's nordic combined
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1960 Squaw Valley Individual
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Innbruck Individual
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 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.

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Awards
Preceded by German Sportsman of the Year
1960
Succeeded by