Dick Fosbury, legendary Olympic gold high jumper who revolutionized the track and field event, died Sunday of lymphoma, according to his publicist Ray Schulte. Fosbury was 76. “It is with a very ...

After he won Olympic gold in 1968, it came to dominate his sport. By Alex Traub Dick Fosbury, a gangly civil engineering student who shocked his peers, delighted sports fans and started a ...

Dick Fosbury, the lanky leaper who revamped the technical discipline of high jump and won an Olympic gold medal with his “Fosbury Flop,” has died. He was 76. Fosbury died Sunday after a ...

The 'Fosbury Flop' has been widely used in the high jump since Dick Fosbury used it Dick Fosbury - the man who revolutionised the high jump in athletics - has died at the age of 76. The American ...

Dick Fosbury, who used a revolutionary high-jumping style to win the 1968 Olympic gold medal as an Oregon State junior, died Sunday. He was 76. Ray Schulte, Fosbury’s former agent, said in a ...

Dick Fosbury, a unique high jumper best known for dramatically altering the style of his sport, has died at age 76. Fosbury revolutionized the high jump by flying over the bar backwards ...

Fosbury was known as one of the most influential competitors in the history of the high jump, as his "Fosbury flop" technique revolutionized the event. In addition to his innovation, Fosbury was ...

Dick Fosbury, who won the 1968 Olympic high jump title using a new, back-first high jump technique known as the Fosbury Flop, died Sunday morning at age 76. Fosbury died peacefully after a short bout ...

Dick Fosbury, the lanky leaper who revamped the technical discipline of high jump and won an Olympic gold medal with his “Fosbury Flop,” has died. He was 76. Fosbury died Sunday after a ...