Olympic gold medalist Dick Fosbury, creator of the universal high jump technique the "Fosbury Flop," will light the torch during the opening ceremonies of the 30th Annual Big Sky State Games at Daylis ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. — During the Olympics, you'll see athletes launch themselves over the high jump bar all using the same technique: the Fosbury Flop. But before it became the gold standard for high ...

Fosbury stunned the sports world with a backwards flop over the high jump bar at the Mexican Olympics in 1968. He won gold, and invented a new... High jumper Dick Fosbury, who revolutionized the sport ...

Dick Fosbury's high jump gold medal from the 1968 Mexico City Olympics — which he won with the revolutionary Fosbury Flop — sold at auction for $158,600. The medal was one of a few Fosbury items ...

PARIS, France — The high jump, an event part of the track and field, competition, requires athletes to jump and clear a horizontal bar placed at a certain height without dislodging it. Athletes must ...

Competing in front of 80,000 spectators at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, Oregon State University’s Dick Fosbury put on a spectacular performance in the high jump. • In 1964, a photo of Dick Fosbury’s ...