Delos Thurber

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Olympic medal record
Men's athletics
Competitor for the United States
Bronze	1936 Berlin	High jump

Delos Thurber (Delos Packard Thurber; November 23, 1916 in Los Angeles, California – May 12, 1987 in San Diego, California) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the high jump. He graduated at the University of Southern California.

He competed for the United States in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany in the high jump where he won the bronze medal.

During World War II Thurber was a pilot, serving in the Pacific Theater of Operations. After the war he stayed on in the Philippines as one of the founders of what would become Philippine Airlines. He eventually settled in San Diego and continued to fly DC-3 part time for a non-sked operation until his 60th birthday forced his retirement from that.

External links

Profile at Sports-Reference.com

Persondata
Name	Thurber, Delos
Alternative names	Thurber, Delos Packard
Short description	American high jumper
Date of birth	November 23, 1916
Place of birth	Los Angeles, California
Date of death	May 12, 1987
Place of death	San Diego, California

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