Jacob Tullin "Tulla" Thams (7 April 1898 – 27 July 1954) was a Norwegian Olympian, who competed in

ski jumping Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the final ...

and

sailing Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, Windsurfing, windsurfer, or Kitesurfing, kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' (Land sa ...

Career

He won the first Olympic

gold medal in

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, and became the third person (after

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who competed in one sport only and boxer/bobsleigh crew member

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) to medal in both the Winter and Summer Olympics in

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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 The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1926 took place between February 4–6, 1926 in Lahti, Finland. Men's cross country 30 km February 4, 1926 18 km was replaced by 30 km, but returned the following year. 30 km would not r ...

Lahti Lahti (; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Päijät-Häme. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Lahti is approximately , while the Lahti sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the mo ...

, 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Kongsberger technique in ski jumping (along with fellow Norwegian Sigmund Ruud) that would be the standard until it was superseded by the Daescher technique in the 1950s.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.

Ski jumping world records

Not recognized! Crash at world record distance.

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thams, Jacob Tullin 1898 births 1954 deaths Ski jumpers at the 1924 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1928 Winter Olympics Sailors at the 1936 Summer Olympics – 8 Metre Holmenkollen medalists Norwegian male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers for Norway Norwegian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Norway Olympic gold medalists for Norway Olympic silver medalists for Norway Olympic medalists in ski jumping Olympic medalists in sailing FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 1924 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Oslo