Jürgen Thomas (ski jumper)

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Jürgen Thomas Ski jumping
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nation Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR German Democratic Republic
birthday December 9, 1956
place of birth Sebnitz ,  GDRGermany Democratic Republic 1949GDR 
Career
society SC Dynamo Klingenthal
National squad since 1976
status resigned
End of career 1980
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
 Four Hills Tournament 17. ( 1977/78 )
 

Jürgen Thomas (born December 9, 1956 in Sebnitz ) is a former German ski jumper and today's ski jumping official.

Jürgen Thomas

Career

Thomas came to the children's and youth sports school in Klingenthal as an eighth grader , where he began mainly with ski jumping training.

He made his international debut at the Four Hills Tournament in 1976/77 . He left out the opening competition in Oberstdorf. In Garmisch-Partenkirchen on the Great Olympic Hill , he achieved his best individual result with ninth place. However, in Innsbruck and in Bischofshofen, he no longer made it into the top 30 and thus finished the tour in 65th place.

Things went better for Thomas at the Four Hills Tournament 1977/78 . In Garmisch-Partenkirchen, he again achieved a top 10 position in tenth place. Before that he had achieved a good place with 19th place on the Schattenbergschanze in Oberstdorf . In Innsbruck and Bischofshofen, too, he came in among the best 30. In the overall standings, he reached 17th place with 659 points.

In 1980 he suffered a broken thigh while jumping on the Vogtlandschanze in Klingenthal and then ended his active ski jumping career. In the same year he completed his training as a referee and judge shortly afterwards. After completing his economics studies, he worked in the association until after the fall of the Berlin Wall . After Thomas moved to the Stuttgart area a little later to work in the packaging industry, in 1998 he got the opportunity to work as a representative for a failed jumping judge at the German championship in Oberstdorf . Later he was a jumping judge at the Ski Jumping World Cup in Lillehammer and Wisła . He was also a jumping judge at a ski flying world championship .

For the 2013/14 season, Thomas started his job as a jumping judge in the Continental Cup of Nordic Combined in January 2014 . Previously, he was a judge at the Four Hills Tournament 2013/14 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It was his second tour after being used in the Four Hills Tournament 2002/03 in Bischofshofen .

successes

Four Hills Tournament placements

season space Points
1976/77 65. 555.7
1977/78 17th 659.0

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The VSC Klingenthal introduces itself. VSC Klingenthal , accessed on January 12, 2014 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Monty Gräßler: Klingenthaler is looking forward to Garmisch. In: Free Press . December 27, 2013, accessed January 12, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Thomas, Jürgen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ski jumper and ski jumping official
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Sebnitz , German Democratic Republic