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I didn't train to make the Olympic team until 1968. I simply trained for the moment. I never even imagined I would be an Olympic athlete. It always seemed to evolve.

Dick Fosbury

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Dick Fosbury
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: March 6
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Portland
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Richard Douglas Fosbury
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