Thomas Dufter
Dufter Thomas ( born December 20, 1966 in Inzell ) is a former German nordic combined.
Career
Dufter, who started for the SC hammer, won at the German Championships in 1989 its first national title in the Nordic combined before Hubert Schwarz and Thomas Müller. He also won the team gold. On January 21, 1989 Dufter made his debut in the World Cup Nordic Combined. In Breitenwang he succeeded with 13th and also an instant success points. End of the season in Lake Placid he managed his first top-10 place.
At the German Championships 1990, he won individual silver and gold in the team. In the 1990/91 season, he raced in the B World Cup, winning the individual competition in Planica. In January 1991, he then moved back to the World Cup, and reached again in Schonach a place in the top ten. In the Nordic World Ski Championships 1991 in Val di Fiemme Dufter started with the team and missed with the team in fourth barely a medal.
1991 won Dufter at the German Championships again individual silver and gold with the team. A year later he was part of the squad for the 1992 Winter Olympic Games in Albertville. He landed together with Hans -Peter Pohl and Jens Deimel in the team competition in the fifth before he reached No. 12 in singles. After the games Dufter get in Lahti, Trondheim and Oslo three top - 10 finishes. He completed his most successful season from at the 12th place overall.
His best individual result he achieved in the following season 1992 /93. In Saalfelden sea, he took second place in the individual, thus reaching the first and only time in his career a podium place in the World Cup. In the team competition of the 1993 Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun, he won jointly with Deimel and Pohl silver.
At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, he launched his now 27 years again in singles and team, but he could not get beyond the spaces 23 and 10. The following year Dufter succeeded at the German Championships once again the victory in singles. He also won the team bronze. At the Nordic World Ski Championships 1995 in Thunder Bay, he landed in sixth place with the team. In individual he did not present himself. In March 1995, he played his last World Cup in Sapporo. He reached his last success at the German Championships in 1996, where he again won bronze in the team.
Dufters son, also named Thomas, is now active as a ski jumper.
Achievements
World Cup Stats
The table shows the achieved placings in detail.
- Place 1st-3rd. Number of podiums
- Top 10: Number of placements in the top ten
- Scoring points: Number of placements within the points positions
- Start: Number overflowed race in the respective discipline