He won the first Olympic ski jumping gold medal in 1924, and became the third person (after Gillis Grafström who competed in one sport only and boxer/bobsleigh crew member Eddie Eagan) to medal in both the Winter and Summer Olympics in 1936 as a member of the silver medal-winning Norwegian 8-metre sailing team.
jacob, tullin, thams, jacob, tullin, tulla, thams, april, 1898, july, 1954, norwegian, olympian, competed, jumping, sailing, 1928personal, informationnationality, norwayborn7, april, 1898, 1898, krisitiania, sweden, norwaydied27, july, 1954, 1954, aged, oslo, . Jacob Tullin Tulla Thams 7 April 1898 27 July 1954 was a Norwegian Olympian who competed in ski jumping and sailing Jacob Tullin ThamsJacob Tullin Thams in 1928Personal informationNationality NorwayBorn7 April 1898 1898 04 07 Krisitiania Sweden NorwayDied27 July 1954 1954 07 28 aged 56 Oslo NorwayHeight178 cm 5 ft 10 in SportSportSki jumping SailingClubIdrettsforeningen ReadyMedal record Men s ski jumping Representing Norway Winter Olympic Games 1924 Chamonix Individual LH World Championships 1926 Lahti Individual large hill Men s sailing Summer Olympic Games 1936 Berlin 8 metre Contents 1 Career 2 Ski jumping world records 3 References 4 External linksCareer editHe won the first Olympic ski jumping gold medal in 1924 and became the third person after Gillis Grafstrom who competed in one sport only and boxer bobsleigh crew member Eddie Eagan 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 the first true ski jumper to do so and would develop the Kongsberger technique in ski jumping along with fellow Norwegian Sigmund Ruud that would be the standard until it was superseded by the Daescher technique in the 1950s Thams is one of the few athletes who have competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic games 1 Ski jumping world records editDate Hill Location Metres Feet 18 February 1928 Olympiaschanze St Moritz Switzerland 73 240 Not recognized Crash at world record distance 2 References edit Gall Jonnie 18 December 2013 Who s competed in the summer and winter Olympics GrindTV Archived from the original on 22 February 2014 Retrieved 18 February 2014 Smuski skoki in hockey tekme na ledu page 6 in Slovenian Jutro 19 February 1928 External links editJacob Tullin Thams at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation Holmenkollen medalists click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file at the Wayback Machine archived February 24 2007 in Norwegian ISAF 1936 Summer Olympic Results at the Wayback Machine archived March 24 2006 Jacob Tullin Thams at Olympics com nbsp Jacob Tullin Thams at Olympedia nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jacob Tullin Thams amp oldid 1156908427, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
