The Fosbury flop is a jumping style used in the track and field sport of high jump. It was popularized and perfected by American athlete Dick Fosbury, whose... 6 KB (866 words) - 18:00, 16 April 2024 |
was the dominant style in the high jump before the development of the Fosbury Flop. It is a successor of the Western roll, for which it is sometimes... 6 KB (806 words) - 14:45, 8 March 2024 |
Fosbury may refer to: Fosbury, a village in Wiltshire, England Fosbury Camp, the site of an Iron Age hillfort in Wiltshire, England Dick Fosbury (1947–2023)... 340 bytes (74 words) - 20:50, 13 March 2023 |
3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. Dick Fosbury won by using a backward jumping style that was called the Fosbury Flop. This was the unveiling of the... 17 KB (727 words) - 20:53, 11 January 2024 |
However, it would be a solitary innovator at Oregon State University, Dick Fosbury, who would bring the high jump into the next century. Taking advantage... 67 KB (3,105 words) - 18:14, 1 April 2024 |
Olympic firsts and numerous world records. These included: Dick Fosbury introduced the Fosbury Flop to the high Jump by jumping over backwards, whereas... 17 KB (274 words) - 18:40, 29 July 2023 |
guitarist (The Weirdos, Thelonious Monster) (b. 1957) Dick Fosbury, 76, high jumper (Fosbury Flop), Olympic champion (1968) (b. 1947) Felton Spencer... 657 KB (49,401 words) - 17:59, 21 April 2024 |