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Dick Fosbury, an Uncommon card
Richard Douglas Fosbury was an American high jumper, who is considered one of the most influential athletes in the history of track and field.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 59
- Power
- 129
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 84,000
Power 129 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Dick Fosbury quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Dick Fosbury card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Debbie Brill was developing her ______ "Brill Bend" around the same time.
Answer
similar. Debbie Brill was developing her similar "Brill Bend" around the same time. From the Dick Fosbury article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He won a gold medal at the ____ Summer Olympics, revolutionizing the high jump event with a "back-first" technique now known as the Fosbury flop.
Answer
1960s. He won a gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics, revolutionizing the high jump event with a "back-first" technique now known as the Fosbury flop. From the Dick Fosbury article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
2026 Rio de Janeiro mid-air collision. 2026 Rio de Janeiro mid-air collision 900,000 · Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem 670,000 · Kingdom of Castile 180,000 · Dick Fosbury 84,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He won a gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics, revolutionizing the high jump event with a "back-first" technique now known as the Fosbury flop.
- His method was to sprint diagonally towards the bar, then curve and leap backward over it, which gave him a much lower center of mass in flight than traditional techniques.
- Debbie Brill was developing her similar "Brill Bend" around the same time.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Dick Fosbury article was read about 84,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 59: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Dick Fosbury
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Dick Fosbury (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
