Dick Fosbury

Wagner coached some of OSU's best ever track athletes such as Dick Fosbury, Steve DeAutremont, Jim Judd, Ed Lipscomb, Jim Barkley, Top Woods, Willlie Turner, and Hailu Eba.

Oregon State Beavers News -- www.osubeavers.com 2009

A few years later in 1968, as a senior, Dick Fosbury won not only the NCAA championship but an Olympic gold medal using his "Fosbury Flop."

David A. Aaker: Lessons from the Fosbury Flop David A. Aaker 2011

The design may look inelegant, said Mr. Whittaker, but he recalls the story of Dick Fosbury, whose highly unorthodox method of high jumping—the Fosbury flop—at first drew laughter and then won him a gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1968.

A Roboticist's Trip From Mines to the Moon James R. Hagerty 2011

Most sports eponyms (words taken from a person's name) are more closely related to the actual sport, such as the Axel jump in skating (named after Norwegian skater Axel Paulsen) and the Fosbury flop (a high-jump technique popularized by Dick Fosbury).

Week in Words Erin McKean 2011

A few years later in 1968, as a senior, Dick Fosbury won not only the NCAA championship but an Olympic gold medal using his "Fosbury Flop."

David A. Aaker: Lessons from the Fosbury Flop David A. Aaker 2011

A few years later in 1968, as a senior, Dick Fosbury won not only the NCAA championship but an Olympic gold medal using his "Fosbury Flop."

David A. Aaker: Lessons from the Fosbury Flop David A. Aaker 2011

Enter Dick Fosbury, who came up with a way to go over the bar lying more or less flat on his back.

New Under the Sun Steve Perry 2010

Enter Dick Fosbury, who came up with a way to go over the bar lying more or less flat on his back.

Archive 2010-03-01 Steve Perry 2010

After the 1968 games, for example, Adidas invited U.S. high jumper Dick Fosbury to Herzogenaurach.

The Shoe Olympics 2008

Corbis Adidas At left, Dick Fosbury wins gold at the 1968 Olympics; his shoe (bottom right) and the Adidas redesign (top right).

The Shoe Olympics 2008