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One of the few who can claim they revolutionized their sport.
In the 1968 Olympics, Fosbury shocked the sports world with his revolutionary High Jump style. Rather than use the traditional straddle style jump, he went over the bar backwards. High Jumping was never the same.
By the 1972 Olympics, every High Jumper was using the Fosbury Flop
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Fosbury Flop
In the 1968 Olympics, Fosbury shocked the sports world with his revolutionary High Jump style. Rather than use the traditional straddle style jump, he went over the bar backwards. High Jumping was never the same.
By the 1972 Olympics, every High Jumper was using the Fosbury Flop
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Dick Fosbury, who revolutionized high jump and was 1968 Summer Olympics champion, dies at 76 | CNN
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.
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Fosbury Flop
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