Dave Albritton

Dave Albritton (actually David Donald Albritton, born April 13, 1913 in Danville, Alabama, † 15 May 1994, Dayton, Ohio) was an American high jumper.

He belonged to the Ohio State University the same fraternity like Jesse Owens, who was also from Alabama, and took this as at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin part.

At the national qualifying contest on July 12, 1936 in New York, the two -color high jumper Cornelius Johnson and Albritton jointly won with a world record height of 2.07 m. While Johnson jumped to the usual at this time Western Roll, Albritton was the first world record holder in the straddle - style.

At the games in Berlin Johnson won gold with Olympic record of 2.03 m in front Albritton, like Delos Thurber (Bronze) and Kalevi Kotkas (4th place ) 2,00 m skipped, where Albritton decided the jump itself.

Albritton won 1936-1938 and 1945-1947 the AAU title in the high jump, where he in 1936, 1938 and 1945 the title with another vaulter shared. In 1960 he was elected as a Republican to the House of Representatives from Ohio, where he served from 1961 to 1972.