Richard Fosbury, 69
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Richard Fosbury famously invented the backwards high jump technique that helped him to take home gold at the 1968 Olympic Games. What is known as the “Fosbury Flop" became the most popular style used in the sport. Post-jumping, Fosbury became a civil engineer and headed back to his home state of Idaho to set up Galena Engineering, an engineering consultancy firm. He served as city engineer for two local towns and helped design 20-plus miles of bike and running trails. In 2014 Fosbury ran for a seat in the Idaho House of Representatives but lost. He now lives in Bellevue, where he is commissioner of his county planning and zoning committee.