딕 포스버리

소개

리처드 더글러스 "딕" 포스버리(Richard Douglas "Dick" Fosbury, 1947년 3월 6일 ~ 2023년 3월 12일)는 미국의 전 육상 선수로 육상 역사에서 후세에 지대한 영향을 미친 선수들 중 하나이다.

Richard Douglas Fosbury was an American high jumper, who is considered one of the most influential athletes in the history of track and field. He won a gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics, revolutionizing the high jump event with a "back-first" technique now known as the Fosbury flop. His method was to sprint diagonally towards the bar, then curve and leap backward over it, which gave him a much lower center of mass in flight than traditional techniques. Debbie Brill was developing her similar "Brill Bend" around the same time. This approach has seen nearly universal adoption since Fosbury's performance in Mexico. Though he never returned to the Olympics, Fosbury continued to be involved in athletics after retirement and served on the executive board of the World Olympians Association.