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{{short description|German sailor}}
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| image          = 
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| nationality    = German
| birth_date     = {{Birth-date and age|3 June 1956}}
| birth_place    = [[Potsdam]], [[Brandenburg]]
| death_date     = 
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| height         = 186 cm
| weight         = 95 kg
| retired        = 
| classes        = [[Soling]]
| club           = SC Berlin-Grünau, Berlin
| show-medals    = yes
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{{MedalCompetition | [[Sailing at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{GDR}} }}
{{MedalGold| [[Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]] | [[Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Soling|Soling class]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{GER}} }}
{{MedalGold| [[Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Soling|Soling class]]}}
}}

'''Thomas Flach''' (born 3 June 1956) is a German [[sailing (sport)|sailor]] and Olympic champion, born in [[Potsdam]].
He competed in the [[Soling|Soling class]] together with [[Jochen Schümann]] and [[Bernd Jäkel]] at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]] in [[Seoul]], where they won the gold medal.<ref name=gbr-sailing>{{cite web |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/olympic/sailing.htm |title=Olympic Games Medallists – Sailing |website=gbrathletics.com |access-date=1 June 2008}}</ref><ref name=db-ol-YAT1988>{{cite web |url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=22&sp=YAT |title=1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Sailing |website=databaseOlympics.com |access-date=1 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061031065851/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=22&sp=YAT |archive-date=2006-10-31}}</ref> The same crew participated at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in [[Atlanta]], where they also received a gold medal.<ref name=db-ol-YAT1996>{{cite web |url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=24&sp=YAT |title=1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Sailing |website=databaseOlympics.com |access-date=1 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119144331/http://databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=24&sp=YAT |archive-date=19 January 2013}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{World Sailing|id=GERTF10|www=thomas-flach}}
* {{Olympics.com|thomas-flach}}
* {{Olympedia}}

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[[Category:1956 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Potsdam]]
[[Category:German male sailors (sport)]]
[[Category:Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Soling]]
[[Category:Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Soling]]
[[Category:Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Soling]]
[[Category:Olympic sailors for East Germany]]
[[Category:East German male sailors (sport)]]
[[Category:Olympic sailors for Germany]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for East Germany]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Germany]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in sailing]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Soling class sailors]]
[[Category:Soling class world champions]]


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