The Fosbury flop high jump technique was introduced in competition in 1968 for men and 1972 for women.
Sources
- The science games — ABC Science Archive (abc.net.au)
- https://worldathletics.org/news/feature/dick-fosbury-flop (worldathletics.org)
- https://www.olympics.com/en/news/dick-fosbury-fosbury-flop-game-changing-sport-techniques (olympics.com)
- https://www.milesplit.com/articles/330541/in-memoriam-richard-fosbury-a-track-and-field-legend (milesplit.com)
- https://kids.kiddle.co/Ulrike_Meyfarth (kids.kiddle.co)
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