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Olympic High Jumper Dick Fosbury Dead at 76 After 'Short Bout with a Recurrence of Lymphoma'
People via Yahoo News· 1 year ago"Fosbury not only won Olympic gold at Mexico City 1968 but also revolutionized the high jump. He was...
'Fosbury Flop' high jumper Dick Fosbury dies at 76
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDick Fosbury, the lanky leaper who revamped the technical discipline of high jump and won an Olympic gold medal with his “Fosbury Flop,” has died....
Dick Fosbury, high jump’s Flop pioneer who defied his doubters
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFosbury’s dramatic upturn in performance after adapting his technique propelled the American to...
Dick Fosbury, trailblazing athlete who ‘changed high jump forever’, dies
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDick Fosbury, the lanky leaper who completely revamped the technical discipline of high jump and won...
High jump revolutionary Dick Fosbury dies aged 76
PA Media: Sport via Yahoo Sports· 1 year agoDick Fosbury, who revolutionised the high jump with his innovative backward style that became known as the ‘Fosbury Flop’, has died at the age of 76....
Dick Fosbury, Olympic champion who revolutionized high jump, dies at 76
NBC Sports via Yahoo Sports· 1 year agoDick Fosbury, who won the 1968 Olympic high jump title using a new, back-first high jump technique...
Dick Fosbury, who won an Olympic gold medal with the ‘Fosbury Flop,’ dies at 76
Yahoo Sports· 1 year agoDick Fosbury, seen here at the 1968 NCAA championships in Detroit, died Sunday. He was 76. (AP...
Revolutionary Olympian Dick Fosbury has died at age 76
Newsy via AOL· 1 year agoSometimes something so revolutionary comes along, it’s hard to believe it wasn’t always done a certain way. Australia’s Jack Winters, at the 1948 Olympics in London, competed in the high jump ...
Joni Huntley's name still carved in Oregon track and field record books 50 years later
Statesman Journal via Yahoo Sports· 3 weeks agoJoni Huntley is a two-time Olympian with a bronze medal and a career full of high jump records at...
In memoriam: Jim Brown, Dick Butkus, Brooks Robinson, Bob Knight and many more were lost in 2023
Yahoo Sports· 5 months agoThe year of 2023 will be remembered for some amazing moments, but the sports world also lost icons,...
