If you ever wanted to know why high jumpers use the very unique method that is still used today, it was thanks to Dick Fosbury — the lanky leaper who revamped the technical discipline of the event and won an Olympic gold medal
. Among his discoveries was a need to move his takeoff point farther back for higher jumps, so he could change the apex of the parabola shape of his jump to clear the bar. Most traditional jumpers of that day planted a foot and took off from the same spot regardless of the height they were attempting.
The technique was the subject of scorn and ridicule in some corners. The term Fosbury Flop is credited to the Medford Mail-Tribune, which wrote the headline “Fosbury Flops Over the Bar” after one of his high school meets. The reporter wrote that Fosbury looked like a fish flopping in a boat.In Memoriam: People We've Lost in 2023
“For the good of young Americans, you should stop this ridiculous attack on the bar,” the letter said. “He just looked at the thing differently, and it really worked,” said Eric Hintz of the Smithsonian's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation. “And he had the guts and fortitude to stick with it in the face of criticism.”
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