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Nicola Olyslagers at the high jump final in Zürich, 2021
Nicola Olyslagers
Australian track-and-field athlete
Fanny Blankers-Koen leaps over a hurdle ahead of other runners during the 80-metre hurdles race at the 1948 London Olympics, with a stadium crowd in the background.
Fanny Blankers-Koen
Dutch athlete
American high jumper Dick Fosbury
Dick Fosbury
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Irena Szewińska
Irena Szewińska
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Iolanda Balas
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Alice Coachman
Alice Coachman
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Saneyev, Viktor
Viktor Saneyev
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Ray C. Ewry
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Valery Brumel
Soviet athlete
Sara Simeoni celebrating a successful high jump at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles
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