Terry Deitz

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Survivor contestant

Terry Deitz
Date of birth	October 10, 1959
Resides	Simsbury, Connecticut
Season(s)	Panama
Finish	3rd Place
Tribe(s)	La Mina, Gitanos

Terry Deitz (born October 10, 1959) was a contestant in the American television show Survivor: Panama.

Deitz was born and raised in Matawan, New Jersey. He was a student at St John Vianney High School and attended the United States Naval Academy where he graduated from in 1982. He attended pilot school in Pensacola in 1984. He served on the USS Carl Vinson with VF-51 flying the F-14 Tomcat and then served at the west coast Replacement Air Group as an instructor. Deitz left active service in 1992 with the rank of Commander and is currently a pilot with American Airlines.

Deitz married his wife Trish in 1991. The couple have two children, Kayla and Daniel, and reside in Simsbury, Connecticut.

Deitz has been an athlete throughout his life and competed in baseball, basketball, football, swimming, and wrestling. He earned 11 varsity awards in high school and was named to the All State Baseball 1st Team. He was the quarterback of his high school team and led them to their first undefeated regular season and first state playoffs. In college, he played four years of Varsity Division I baseball. He currently plays on the Simsbury Taverneers Vintage Base Ball Club, where he has the nickname "Flyboy".

Deitz competed on Survivor in 2006. He was noted for dominating the challenges, and being the second contestant in the show's history to win an unbroken string of five immunity challenges (behind Colby Donaldson). Terry finished in 3rd place, behind Aras Barazauskas (the winner) and Danielle Di-Lorenzo (runner-up).

On November 1, 2006, Deitz hosted the History Channel's Modern Marvels show on the final flight of the F-14 Tomcat.