Ulrike Meyfarth
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Ulrike Nasse-Meyfarth is a German former high jumper. She won the Olympic title twice, in 1972 and 1984. She is the youngest Olympic champion ever in women's high jump, and at the time of her 1984 tri
Meyfarth in 2012
Meyfarth on a stamp of Ajman
Dick Fosbury
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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, revoluti
Ulrike Meyfarth
…Summer Olympics that were held in Munich. Meyfarth was one of the few jumpers who had already adopted the new high jumping style first displayed by Dick Fosbury at the Mexico Olympics four years earlier. Not much was expected from Meyfarth, who had a 1.85-metre personal best. Yet in front of the patriotic home…
Fosbury in 1968
A high jumper performing the straddle technique, the first high-jumping technique that Fosbury was taught
Yelena Slesarenko using the Fosbury flop technique.
Fosbury at the 1968 U.S. Olympic trials