RIP Dick Fosbury ....

[Bosscat]

RIP Dick Fosbury aged 76 ... 1968 Gold medal winner High Jump in Mexico City.

Ridiculed by many his "Fosbury Flop" has become the way in High Jump

[Tricky Trevor]

RIP Dick. Totally changed a sport, there are not many can say that.

[Rowls]

Wonder whether high jumpers would still be leaping head first if he hadn't been around?

RIP

[tiger76]

There isn't many sportspeople who have something named after them, Panenka is an obvious one in football.

RIP Dick Fosbury a true trailblazer.

[jdrobbo]

The only person who properly flopped in his sport but became the best at it for doing so.

RIP

[Silkyskills1]

Remember seeing him for the first time in 1968 Olympics. Grainy.pictures but clear enough to realise something revolutionary in field athletics was happening. RIP Dick Fosbury.

[BurnleyFC]

A real pioneer in his sport.

RIP, Dick.

[IanMcL]

I remember the storm he caused by his sensational jumping, at the time. Hats off to such a superstar and game changer.

[ClaretTony]

I was shocked to learn that it was as far back as the Mexico Olympics in 1968 when he flopped and won.

RIP DIck and, has been said, he's left his name in athletics for ever.