- (the) Fosbury flop
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(the) Fosbury flop
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Fosbury Flop — The Fosbury Flop is a style used in the athletics event of high jump. It was popularized and perfected by American athlete Dick Fosbury, whose gold medal in the 1968 Summer Olympics brought it to the world s attention. Over the next few years the … Wikipedia
Fosbury flop — high jumping technique, 1968, in ref. to U.S. athlete Dick Fosbury (b.1947), who used it to win the 1968 Olympic gold medal … Etymology dictionary
Fosbury flop — noun jumping over the bar backwards and head first • Hypernyms: ↑high jump * * * Fosbury flop /fozˈbə ri flop/ noun A method of high jumping in which the athlete goes over the bar horizontally on his or her back ORIGIN: R Fosbury (born 1947), US… … Useful english dictionary
Fosbury flop — /fɒzbəri ˈflɒp/ (say fozbuhree flop) noun a style of high jumping in which the athlete clears the jump facing upwards with his or her back to the bar, and lands on his or her back on the mat. {named after Richard Fosbury, born 1947, US gold… …
Fosbury flop — (in sport) a way of doing the high jump. The person jumps backwards over the bar with the legs following the upper body. It is named after the US athlete Dick Fosbury (1947– ) who first used this method at the 1968 Olympics and won a gold medal.… … Universalium
Fosbury flop — noun A high jump technique in which the jumper arches the back over the bar … Wiktionary
Fosbury, Dick — ▪ American athlete byname of Richard Douglas Fosbury born March 6, 1947, Portland, Oregon, U.S. American high jumper (high jump) who revolutionized the sport by replacing the traditional approach to jumping with an innovative backward style… … Universalium
Fosbury — noun United States athlete who revolutionized the high jump by introducing the Fosbury flop in the 1968 Olympics (born in 1947) • Syn: ↑Dick Fosbury, ↑Richard D. Fosbury • Instance Hypernyms: ↑athlete, ↑jock … Useful english dictionary
Fosbury,Richard D. — Fos·bur·y (fŏzʹbə rē), Richard D. Known as “Dick.” Born 1947. American athlete. He won a gold medal in the high jump at the 1968 Olympics, revolutionizing the event by going over the bar head first and backwards in what became known as the… … Universalium
Flop — may refer to: *Flop, a slang term for failure *Flop, a box office bomb in the entertainment world *Flop (poker), a poker term describing the first three cards dealt to the board *Flip flop (electronics), the bistable multivibrator, a circuit with … Wikipedia
