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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 from the University of Southern California.

Olympic medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the  United States
	1936 Berlin	High jump

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

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Delos Thurber". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.

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- [en] Delos Thurber

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[fr] Delos Thurber

Delos Packard Thurber (né le 23 novembre 1916 à Los Angeles et décédé le 12 mai 1987 à San Diego) est un athlète américain spécialiste du saut en hauteur. Licencié à l'USC Trojans, il mesure 1,88 m pour 73 kg.

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[it] Delos Thurber

Delos Packard Thurber (Los Angeles, 23 novembre 1916 – San Diego, 12 maggio 1987) è stato un altista statunitense.

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