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Dick Fosbury

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Noun1.Dick Fosbury - United States athlete who revolutionized the high jump by introducing the Fosbury flop in the 1968 Olympics (born in 1947)
Fosbury, Richard D. Fosbury


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those in ruts tend to be accompanied by several others in the same, parallel, or intersecting furrows): Dick Fosbury, the high jumper of the 1968 Olympics, the man who went over the bar backwards, not forward, as was the status quo.
Not doing what you've always done by Automotive Design & Production
I remember when the World and Olympic records in the high jump flat-lined until a guy by the name of Dick Fosbury came along with an unorthodox backward flopping technique that revolutionized the event and sent the records soaring.
Put a little science into your softball technique by Ford, Duane / Coach and Athletic Director
A particularly convincing example of this cited in a sports performance enhancement book titled The Mental Edge was the story of Dick Fosbury, who was one of America's best high jumpers, and probably one of the most innovative as well.
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