Dick Fosbury (born March 6, 1947, Portland, Oregon, U.S.—died March 12, 2023, Salt Lake City, Utah) was a high jumper from the United States who revolutionized the sport by replacing the traditional approach to jumping with an innovative backward style that became known as the “ …

2023年3月14日 · Dick Fosbury, the lanky leaper who completely revamped the technical discipline of high jump and won an Olympic gold medal with his “Fosbury Flop,” has died at age 76.

Just five years earlier, a grieving Fosbury had been unable to reliably clear 5 feet with the traditional straddle method; in 1968, Fosbury rode the “Fosbury flop” to Pac-8, NCAA, and Olympic titles, while setting Oregon State, US, and Olympic records.

2023年3月13日 · Dick Fosbury, legendary Olympic gold high jumper who revolutionized the track and field event, died Sunday of lymphoma, according to his publicist Ray Schulte. Fosbury was 76.

2023年3月14日 · RIP to the man who changed the high jump forever – Dick Fosbury. He became a legend at the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games when he unveiled his revolutionary “Fosbury Flop” to win high jump gold...

2023年3月14日 · Track and field star and Olympic gold medalist Dick Fosbury died on Sunday at age 76 after what his agent, Ray Schulte, says was a "short bout with a recurrence of Lymphoma."

2023年3月14日 · Dick Fosbury, the lanky leaper who revolutionized the technical discipline of high jump and won Olympic gold with his 'Fosbury Flop,' has died.

2023年3月13日 · World Athletics is deeply saddened to hear that 1968 Olympic high jump champion Dick Fosbury, who revolutionised his event by introducing the ‘Fosbury flop’ technique, died on Sunday (12) at the age of 76.

2025年2月5日 · Fosbury’s unorthodox technique earned him the gold medal in the Mexico City ’68 Olympics with an unprecedented jump of 7 feet 4 ¼ inches. It also earned him the attention of the world and ...

2023年3月13日 · Dick Fosbury, the lanky leaper who revamped the technical discipline of high jump and won an Olympic gold medal with his “Fosbury Flop,” has died. He was 76. Fosbury died Sunday after a...

Dick Fosbury changed the high jump forever when he won a gold medal at the 1968 Olympic Games using a new style of his own invention. Fosbury won and set a new Olympic record of 7 feet, 4¼ inches using a style he had created as a teenager.

2023年3月13日 · Dick Fosbury, the lanky leaper who revamped the technical discipline of high jump and won an Olympic gold medal with his “Fosbury Flop,” has died. He was 76.

2018年10月20日 · Fosbury stunned the sports world with a backwards flop over the high jump bar at the Mexican Olympics in 1968. He won gold, and invented a new jumping style still used...

2023年3月13日 · Dick Fosbury, the lanky leaper who completely revamped the technical discipline of high jump and won an Olympic gold medal with his "Fosbury Flop," has died. He was 76.

2018年10月20日 · Fosbury’s performance with him clinching the gold medal with a clearance on his third and final attempt at an Olympic and US record of 2.24m was utterly revolutionary. That was the day, in the eyes of many, that the event changed forever.

Dick Fosbury, the ‘68 Olympic high jump champion who passed away in March, stands alone in the modern sport’s history for having revolutionized the technique with which his event is practiced. Every fan today has seen the “Fosbury flop” and no elite high jumper uses any other technique. When “Fos” debuted it the flop was radical.

Fosbury-Flop Loosens Crowd. by Jon Hendershott. Ever since last winter when Dick Fosbury and his unorthodox backward-flop high-jumping style became the rage of track and field, he has electrified spectators, puzzled coaches and beaten opponents with his self-evolved style.