# Dick Fosbury (@dick-fosbury)

Dick Fosbury (1947–2023) was an American high jumper whose backward, head-first technique revolutionized the event.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Dick Fosbury's public record._

## Topics

- [Lasting Change](/@dick-fosbury/lasting-change.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Mexico City 1968](/@dick-fosbury/mexico-city.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [The Fosbury Flop](/@dick-fosbury/the-flop.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/richard-douglas-fosbury-14351467
- blog: https://worldathletics.org/news/feature/dick-fosbury-obituary
- blog: https://usopm.org/dick-fosbury/

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "dick-fosbury", "question": "…"}`.