Jacob Tullin Thams

Ski jumping, Olympic athlete

1898 – 1954

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Who was Jacob Tullin Thams?

Jacob Tullin "Tulla" Thams was a Norwegian Olympian. He won the first Olympic ski jumping gold medal in 1924, and became the third person to medal in both the Winter and Summer Olympics in 1936 as a member of the silver medal-winning Norwegian 8-metre sailing team. Thams also won the individual large hill at the 1926 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti, earned the Holmenkollen medal in 1926, and would develop the Kongsberger technique in ski jumping that would be the standard until it was superseded by the Daescher technique in the 1950s. Thams is one of the few athletes who have competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic games.

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Born
Apr 7, 1898
Oslo
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Died
Jul 27, 1954
Oslo

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on July 23, 2013

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