Alice Coachman has died at 90. The NYT has a good obit:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/15/sports/alice-coachman-90-dies-groundbreaking-medalist.html?_r=0
Yeah, women jump a foot higher now, but the flop was not a real possibility when jumpers were landing into dug-up dirt:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzdu4GI_ZHI
Check out her clearance technique:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2yGsTx_KURw/UCAPiKYG6VI/AAAAAAAABVI/zpy8nxwbdmw/s320/Alice+Coachman.jpg