Fosbury flop

noun

Etymology

Named for Dick Fosbury, who brought the technique to light in the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Definitions

  1. A high jump in which the jumper leaps backward and arches the back over the bar, thereby…

    A high jump in which the jumper leaps backward and arches the back over the bar, thereby lowering the jumper's center of gravity below the body while it is aloft.

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