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© 2023 – IOC / Grégoire Peter

© 2023 – IOC / Grégoire Peter

© 2023 – IOC / Grégoire Peter

© 2023 – IOC / Grégoire Peter

© 2023 – IOC / Grégoire Peter

© 2023 – IOC / Grégoire Peter

© 2023 – IOC / Grégoire Peter

© 2023 – IOC / Grégoire Peter

© 2023 – IOC / Grégoire Peter

© 2023 – IOC / Grégoire Peter

© 2023 – IOC / Grégoire Peter

© 2023 – IOC / Grégoire Peter

Mexico 1968, high jump shoe signed by Dick FOSBURY (USA), Olympic champion.

Physical description

Right take off foot shoe, it's composed of 11 spikes on a wedge heel. Sign by the athlete.

Created

Created: Adidas sport GmbH

Used

Used: Richard Douglas FOSBURY

Materials

leather, metal

Colors

red, white, gray

Dimension

11.5 x 10 x 29 cm, 367 g

Literature

Frédéric AUBERT. Athlétisme. Les sauts. Paris : Ed. Revue EP.S, 20074. ISBN 2867132843.

Type of item

Sport equipment -> shoes

Reference number

12307

Keywords

Olympic champion Mexico 1968, Olympic Games United States of America Athletics/high jump signed Sprt technique

Notes

Identical shoe to that worn by Richard “Dick” FOSBURY (USA), Olympic high jump champion, Mexico City 1968 Dick FOSBURY won the event thanks to his innovative technique, the Fosbury Flop,a back curving technique, rather than the then usual stomach-curving technique. Adidas archive collection.