The world-famous high jumper Dick Fosbury, for instance, developed his revolutionary technique known as the Fosbury Flop in defiance of his coaches.

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As the young American Dick Fosbury lined up to take his first high jump in the heat of the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, he had reason to feel nervous.

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In the 1968 Games, in Mexico City, the American high jumper Dick Fosbury won the gold medal by flipping himself over the bar head first and backward a technique now known as the Fosbury Flop.

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