biography
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Fosbury, Dick
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popular name of Richard Fosbury
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1947– )
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| biography:
| Athlete, born in Portland, Oregon, USA. He pioneered a new technique in high jumping which revolutionized this event after he won the Olympic gold medal at Mexico City in 1968 with a jump of 2·24 m (7 ft 4 in), using what came to be known as the Fosbury Flop, where the bar is jumped head-first and backwards. |
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