Dick Fosbury, the athlete who revolutionized the high jump with his back technique, has died

The American Dick FosburyOlympic champion at the 1968 Mexico Games with a groundbreaking technique on his back, he died on Sunday at the age of 76, his agent said on Monday.

“It is with a heavy heart that I have to announce that my longtime friend and client Dick Fosbury passed away peacefully in his sleep Sunday morning after a brief relapse of lymphoma.”Officer Ray Schulte wrote in an Instagram statement.

In Mexico 1968, Americans regained the hegemony of the high jump. But that moment was revolutionary for the specialty and not really for the test result: fosburythe winner, used an amazing style, taking the rod with the back. Experts initially doubted this technique but, from then on, it is the one used by all high jump specialists: the popular one Foul by Fosbury.