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Georg Thoma

1937 - Today

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Georg Thoma (German pronunciation: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈtoːmaː] ; 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 further won the world championships title in 1966. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georg Thoma is the 136th most popular skier (up from 159th in 2019), the 5,218th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,394th in 2019) and the 9th most popular German Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Georg Thoma ranks 136 out of 817Before him are Ernst Hinterseer, Lucile Wheeler, Nikolay Anikin, Lasse Kjus, Assar Rönnlund, and Jure Franko. After him are Niilo Halonen, Tora Berger, Toni Nieminen, Erika Hess, Miran Tepeš, and Ossi Reichert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Georg Thoma ranks 463Before him are Josef Stiegler, Christian de Chalonge, Irina Kirichenko, Conny Vandenbos, Garrett Morris, and Ramón Abeledo. After him are J. Bernlef, Heinz Hornig, Tony Maggs, Roland Burris, Stan Swamy, and Tesfaye Gebre Kidan.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Georg Thoma ranks 5,221 out of 7,253Before him are Jens Jeremies (1974), Gisela May (1924), Erwin Strittmatter (1912), Hans Theilig (1914), Horst Faas (1933), and Henriette Reker (1956). After him are Johannes Joachim Degenhardt (1926), Inge Keller (1923), Dieter Schubert (1943), Thomas Köhler (1940), Hans-Jürgen Bäumler (1942), and Heinz Hornig (1937).

Among SKIERS In Germany

Among skiers born in Germany, Georg Thoma ranks 9Before him are Josef Bradl (1918), Helmut Recknagel (1937), Heidi Biebl (1941), Jens Weißflog (1964), Hans-Georg Aschenbach (1951), and Franz Pfnür (1908). After him are Ossi Reichert (1925), Johann Mühlegg (1970), Barbara Petzold (1955), Annemarie Buchner (1924), Sven Hannawald (1974), and Veronika Schmidt (1952).