The Fosbury flop is a jumping style used in the track and field event of high jump. It was popularized and perfected by American athlete Dick Fosbury, whose gold medal in the 1968 Summer Olympics in …

Richard Douglas ("Dick") Fosbury was born on 6 March 1947 in Portland, Oregon. He is widely credited with inventing the Fosbury flop, a back-first jumping technique that revolutionised the high...

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 …

Dick Fosbury 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 …

Jun 28, 2024 · In the early days of competition, jumpers used a variety of techniques, but now you'll only see one jump used at the Olympics: the Fosbury Flop.

Aug 8, 2025 · Fosbury didn’t win the Olympic Trial event that earned him a spot on the team, but Tomasi said he was undeterred, confident that the "Fosbury Flop" would be vindicated with gold. His jump, …

After several years of controversy over whether the "Fosbury Flop" was safe, it became the standard jumping technique worldwide. Fosbury often gave clinics for young athletes, in which he explained …

Mar 14, 2023 · Dick Fosbury, who passed away on 12 March, was a true sporting pioneer. With the development of a new technique that came to be known as the ‘Fosbury Flop’ the American high …

The speed with which the Fosbury Flop took over as the predominant high jump technique was rapid, surprising even Fosbury himself. By the next Olympics in 1972, 28 of the 40 competitors were using …

Nov 16, 2009 · On October 20, 1968, 21-year-old Oregonian Dick Fosbury wins gold—and sets an Olympic record —when he high-jumps 7 feet 4 1/4 inches at the Mexico City Games.