Fosbury (redirected from Fosbury, Richard)

Fos·bur·y  (fzb-r), Richard D. Known as "Dick." Born 1947.

American athlete. He won a gold medal in the high jump at the 1968 Olympics, revolutionizing the event by going over the bar head first and backwards in what became known as the "Fosbury flop."

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