High jump revolutionary Dick Fosbury dies aged 76

PIONEER: Dick Fosbury has died at the age of 76. Pic: Lionel Cironneau/AP

Dick Fosbury, who revolutionised the high jump with his innovative backward style that became known as the ‘Fosbury Flop’, has died at the age of 76.

Fosbury’s agent Ray Schulte wrote on his social media account: “It is with a very heavy heart I have to release the news that longtime friend and client Dick Fosbury passed away peacefully in his sleep early Sunday morning after a short bout with a recurrence of lymphoma.”