His back-first, neck-down leaping style struck competitors and onlookers as a novelty act. After he won an Olympic gold in 1968, it came to dominate his sport.
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Dick Fosbury, 76, Whose ‘Flop’ Transformed the High Jump, Is Dead
His back-first, neck-down leaping style struck competitors and onlookers as a novelty act. After he won an Olympic gold in 1968, it came to dominate his sport.