Georg Thoma is a former German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 nordic combined

Nordic combined

The Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in both cross-country skiing and ski jumping.- History :While Norwegian soldiers are known to have been competing in Nordic skiing since the 19th century, the first major competition in Nordic combined was held in 1892 in Oslo at the...

 skier. He won two Winter Olympic medals in the Nordic combined with gold in 1960

1960 Winter Olympics

The 1960 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VIII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event held between February 18 and 28, 1960 in Squaw Valley, California, United States. In 1955 at the 50th IOC meeting, the organizing committee made the surprise choice to award Squaw Valley as...

 and bronze in 1964

1964 Winter Olympics

The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964...

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

1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1966 took place February 17–26, 1966 in Oslo, Norway at the Holmenkollen ski arena. This was the third time the Norwegian capital hosted this event having done so in 1930 and at the 1952 Winter Olympics...

 in Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

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Thoma's strength in the Nordic combined was jumping. He was three times German champion in ski jumping

Ski jumping

Ski jumping is a sport in which skiers go down a take-off ramp, jump and attempt to land as far as possible down the hill below. In addition to the length of the jump, judges give points for style. The skis used for ski jumping are wide and long...

 (1960, 1961, and 1963). Additionally, he won the Nordic combined at the Holmenkollen ski festival

Holmenkollen ski festival

The Holmenkollen Ski Festival is a traditional annual Nordic skiing event in Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway. The full official name of the event is Holmenkollen FIS World Cup Nordic. It takes place in March and has been arranged every year since 1892, except for 1898 and during World War II...

 from 1963 to 1966. For his Nordic combined successes, Thoma was awarded the Holmenkollen medal

Holmenkollen medal

The Holmenkollen medal is Norwegian skiing's highest award for competitors. It signifies top placings in international championships and other international events, including the Holmenkollen events....

 in 1964 (Shared with Veikko Kankkonen

Veikko Kankkonen

Veikko Kankkonen is a Finnish ski jumper who was active in the 1960's.Kankkonen earned two ski jumping medals at the 1964 Winter Olympics with a gold in the individual normal hill and a silver in the individual large hill...

, Eero Mäntyranta

Eero Mäntyranta

Eero Antero Mäntyranta is a former Finnish skier and multiple Olympic Champion. With his seven medals from four Winter Olympics, he is one of the most successful skiers Finland has ever produced....

, and Halvor Næs

Halvor Næs

Halvor Næs is a former Norwegian ski jumper who competed in the 1950s. His only victory was in 1953 and he finished fifth in the individual large hill event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo....

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Georg Thoma is the uncle of the jumper Dieter Thoma

Dieter Thoma

-Biography:Dieter Thoma is a German ski jumper who competed in the 1990s. In the 1990,s he was the second best German ski jumper after Jens Weißflog. Thoma wasn't the first known ski jumper in the family: His uncle Georg Thoma was both world and Olympic champion in the nordic combined...

, winner of the Four Hills Tournament

Four Hills Tournament

The Four Hills Tournament is composed of four Ski Jumping World Cup events and has taken place in Germany and Austria each year since 1952.The Four Hills Tournament champion is the one who gets the most points over the four events...

 and a World champion in ski flying

Ski-flying World Championships

The FIS Ski Flying World Championships is a competition that is held every two years, with the occasional exception. The Championship takes place in big ski jumping hills, with K-spots over 185 meters. Unlike ordinary ski jumping, the Ski Flying World Champion is determined after four jumps...

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