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Dick Fosbury, 76, Whose ‘Flop’ Transformed the High Jump, Is Dead

His back-first, neck-down leaping style struck competitors and onlookers as a novelty act. After he won an Olympic gold in 1968, it came to dominate his sport.

Alex Traub
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Deaths (Obituaries), Fosbury Flop, Fosbury, Dick (1947- ), High jump, Idaho, Olympic Games (1968), Oregon, Track and Field
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