{{short description|German skier}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}} {{expand German|topic=bio|date=August 2022|Georg Thoma}} {{Infobox sportsperson | image = Gullvinner Georg Thoma etter målpassering 15 km langrenn kombinert, VM i Oslo 1966 (5485711414).jpg | image_size = | caption = Thoma at the 1966 World Championships | headercolor = lightsteelblue | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|20 August 1937}} | birth_place = Hinterzarten, Germany | sport = Nordic combined | club = SC Hinterzarten | height = 167 cm | weight = 68 kg | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{EUA}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }} {{MedalGold | 1960 Squaw Valley | Individual }} {{MedalBronze | 1964 Innbruck | Individual }} {{MedalCountry | {{FRG}} }} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships }} {{MedalGold | 1966 Oslo | Individual }} | show-medals = yes }}
'''Georg Thoma,''' ({{IPA|de|ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈtoːmaː|-|De-Georg Thoma.ogg}}) born 20 August 1937, is a retired German Nordic combined skier and ski jumper. He won a gold medal at the 1960 Olympics, becoming the first non-Scandinavian athlete to do so, and was voted German Sportsman of the Year. At the 1964 Olympics, he won a bronze medal and served as the Olympic flag bearer for Germany at the opening ceremony. He then won the world championships title in 1966. 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 (ahared with Veikko Kankkonen, Eero Mäntyranta, and Halvor Næs).<ref name=sr />
Thoma is the uncle of the ski jumper Dieter Thoma. After retiring from competitions he worked as a postman in his hometown, and later as a television commentator. He was one of the first German winter athletes to make his living from sponsorship.<ref name=sr>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/th/georg-thoma-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418135437/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/th/georg-thoma-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18}}</ref>
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==External links== {{Commons category|Georg Thoma}} * {{FIS Nordic combined skier|61274}} * {{Olympics.com}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{InterSportStats}} * {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070224190249/http://www.skiforeningen.no/holmenkollen/holmenkollen_historikk |date=24 February 2007 |title=Holmenkollen medalists}} – click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file {{in lang|no}} * {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070224190249/http://www.skiforeningen.no/holmenkollen/holmenkollen_historikk |date=24 February 2007 |title=Holmenkollen winners since 1892}} – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file {{in lang|no}}
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