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After competing, he became an engineer and was active in various sports organizations.
After competing, he became an engineer and was active in various sports organizations.
He used the flop in the pole vault too? I hadn't heard of that...Klystron said:
Dick Fosbury was an American high jumper who revolutionized the sport with his innovative jumping technique known as the Fosbury Flop.
The Fosbury Flop is a high jumping technique where the athlete jumps over the bar backwards, arching their back and clearing the bar with their head and shoulders.
Dick Fosbury developed the Fosbury Flop technique in the 1960s while he was a student at Oregon State University. He experimented with different jumping styles and found that jumping backwards allowed him to clear higher heights.
The Fosbury Flop revolutionized the sport of high jump and became the dominant technique used by athletes. It allowed for higher jumps and led to many world records being broken.
Dick Fosbury's legacy continues to live on through the Fosbury Flop technique, which is still used by high jumpers today. He also inspired future generations of athletes to think outside the box and innovate in their own sports.