(Watch the video above to view our 2018 Five on 5 Feature Interview with Dick Fosbury.)
MEDFORD, Ore.– Medford resident and 1968 Olympic gold medalist Dick Fosbury has died.
His publicist wrote on Instagram, he passed away after a short battle with lymphoma.
He was best known for revolutionizing the high jump with his signature ‘Fosbury Flop’ and winning a gold medal at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico.
He was 76.
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