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thoma -lrb- center -rrb- in 1960 . bundesarchiv bild 183-78885-0001 , ehrung für ingrid krämer.jpg georg thoma

georg thoma

georg thoma -lrb- born 20 august 1937 in hinterzarten -rrb- 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 -lrb- 1960 , 1961 , and 1963 -rrb- .
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 -lrb- shared with veikko kankkonen , eero mäntyranta , and halvor næs . -rrb-
georg thoma is the uncle of the jumper dieter thoma , winner of the four hills tournament and a world champion in ski flying .
