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Monday, April 30, 2012

Who was Dick Fosbury?

A great high jumper and the inventor of the "Fosbury Flop" is the short answer. For more about this innovator in athletics, go HERE to learn more about Richard Douglas "Dick" Fosbury and HERE to learn more about the flop itself.


Here is a picture of the technique, but that's not Mr. Fosbury.


He won the Olympic Gold medal in 1968 using this technique. This is him (recently):


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