Ricardus Fosbury

Ricardus Duglassius Fosbury (natus Richard Douglas Fosbury Portlandiae Oregoniae die 6 Martii 1947; mortuus die 12 Martii 2023), Dick Fosbury familiariter appellatus, fuit athleta saltus in altum peritus Americanus emeritus, qui unus ex athletis auctoritate gravissimis in historia ludorum stadiorum aestimatur. Qui, praeter clipeum aureum in Olympiis aestivis anni 1968 victum, saltum in altum magnopere novavit, arte "tergi porro" utens, nunc casus Fosburiensis appellata, quem paene omnes saltatores in altum hodie factitant. Iam mundo athletico prodest, et in collegio exsecutivo Societas Olympianorum Mundi meret, cui olim praeses erat.^[1]

Mense Novembri 2018, Fosbury, factioni Democraticae favens, socius curatorum Comitatus Blaine in Idaho electus est.

Notae

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Charpentier, Henry, et Euloge Boissonnade. 1999. La Grande Histoire des Jeux olympiques: Athènes 1896 - Sydney 2000. Lutetiae: France-Empire. ISBN 2-7048-0891-0.
Editors of Salem Press, special consultant Rafer Johnson. 2010. Great athletes. De Ricardo Fosbury in vol. 6. Pasadenae Californiae: Salem Press. ISBN 9781587654732 (13 vol.).
Fosbury, Dick. 1992. "[Praefatio]." In Beyond strength: psychological profiles of Olympic athletes, a Steven Ungerleider et Jacqueline M. Golding scripto. Dubuque Iovae: Wm. C. Brown. ISBN 0697120589.
Holst, Don, et Marcia S. Popp, 2004. American men of Olympic track and field: interviews with athletes and coaches. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-1930-2. Google Books.
Lundmark, Kenneth. 1973. A comparative mechanical analysis of the fosbury flop and straddle styles of high jumping. Master's thesis, Brigham Young University.
Navarro, Gilles. 2003. Les Riches Heures de l'Athlétisme. Augustae Taurinorum: Mango sport. ISBN 2-84270-398-7.

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