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* Amanar (vault) – Yurchenko family vault, roundoff on and 2 twists off, after

Simona Amânar Simona Amânar (; born 7 October 1979) is a Romanian former artistic gymnast. She is a seven-time Olympic and ten-time World Championship medalist. Amânar helped Romania win four consecutive world team titles (1994–1999), as well as the 20 ...

(Romania) * Araújo (balance beam (dismount)) – salto forward stretched with 2 twist, after Heine Araújo (Brazil) * Belyavskiy (parallel bars) – double front salto dismount in piked position, after

David Belyavskiy David Sagitovich Belyavskiy ( rus, Давид Сагитович Белявский, , dɐˈvʲid bʲɪˈlʲafskʲɪɪ̯; born 23 February 1992) is a Russian artistic gymnast and three-time Olympian, representing Russia in 2012 and 2016 and RO ...

(Russia) * Blanik (vault) – handspring forward on – double piked salto forward off, after Polish artistic gymnast

Leszek Blanik Leszek Robert Blanik (born 1 March 1977 in Wodzisław Śląski) is a Polish gymnast, World and Olympic champion in vault. He was the first to perform a handspring double front vault in piked position which now has been named after him. Olympic ...

(Poland) * Borden (balance beam) – straddled piked jump from a side position or side split jump done on the balance beam with a or turn, after Amanda Borden (US) * Bhardwaj (uneven bars) – a backward flip (Pak salto) on the high bar with full-twist and then catches the low bar, after

Mohini Bhardwaj Mohini Bhardwaj (born September 29, 1978) is an American retired artistic gymnast who competed at the 1997 and 2001 World Championships and earned a silver medal with the American team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and is a member of the ...

(US) * Bhavsar (still rings) – pull through momentary, front lever press to Maltese, after

Raj Bhavsar Stephen Raj Bhavsar (born September 7, 1980) is an American artistic gymnast. He was a member of the 2001 and 2003 World Championships U.S. team. He earned a bronze medal as a member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team. He was originally an alternat ...

(US) * Bhavsar (parallel bars) – long hang swing forward, straddle cut backward, and regrasp with straight body at horizontal (Tippelt to long hang swing), after

(US) * Bi turn (uneven bars) – after Bi Wenjing (China) * Biles (floor exercise) – double layout with turn, after

Simone Biles Simone Arianne Biles (; born March 14, 1997) is an American artistic gymnast. Her seven Olympic medals tied with Shannon Miller for the most Olympic medals won by an American gymnast. Having won 25 World Championship medals, she is the most de ...

(US) * Biles 2 (floor exercise) – triple-twisting double back tucked somersault, after

(US) * Biles (vault) — Yurchenko on into laid-out salto with 2/1 twists off, after

(US) * Biles (balance beam (dismount)) – double-twisting double back tucked somersault, after

(US) * Biles 2 (vault) — Yurchenko on into double piked somersault off, originated at the 2021 U.S. Classic and pending successful completion at an international competition to receive naming credit, after

(US) * Brause (uneven bars) – done from the low bar facing away from the high bar with a cast to front salto forward and catching the bar, after

Doris Fuchs-Brause Doris Gudrun Fuchs (later ''Brause'', born June 11, 1938) is a retired American gymnast who won four gold medals at the 1963 Pan American Games. Biography Doris Fuchs was born in Villingen im Schwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg in 1938. She and her ...

(US) * Bretschneider (horizontal bar) – release with double-twisting double back tucked somersault over bar before regrasp, after

Andreas Bretschneider Andreas Bretschneider (born August 4, 1989) is a German artistic gymnast and member of the national team. He participated at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow, and eventually competed for the German squad at the 2016 Sum ...

(Germany) * Bryan (pommel horse) – scissors with turn to handstand, pirouette and straddle back down, after

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(US) * Bulimar (floor exercise) – a Johnson leap (switch leap with turn to side position) with additional full turn, after

Diana Bulimar Diana Laura Bulimar (; born 22 August 1995) is a Romanian artistic gymnast and a 2-time European Champion with Romania. She was part of the Romanian team at the 2012 Summer Olympics that won the bronze medal. Junior career 2010 In April, Buli ...

(Romania) * Cassina (horizontal bar) – full-twisting double layout or straight ''Kolman'' somersault over bar, after

Igor Cassina Igor Cassina (; born 15 August 1977) is an Italian gymnast who won gold in the men's horizontal bar at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Biography At the 2004 Summer Olympics, his competition saw a crowd protest over a low score for a routin ...

(Italy) * Cheng (vault) – Yurchenko on into 1 twists off, after

Cheng Fei Cheng Fei (; born May 29, 1988) is a retired Chinese artistic gymnast. She is a three-time World Champion on the vault (2005–2007) and 2006 World Champion on floor exercise. She was a member of the gold medal-winning Chinese teams for the ...

(China) * Chusovitina (floor exercise) – full-twisting double layout salto, after

Oksana Chusovitina Oksana Aleksandrovna Chusovitina (russian: Оксана Александровна Чусовитина; born 19 June 1975) is an eight-time Olympic gymnast who has competed for the Soviet Union, Uzbekistan, and Germany. Chusovitina's care ...

(USSR, Germany, Uzbekistan) * Chusovitina (vault) – handspring forward on – piked salto with full twist off, after

(USSR, Germany, Uzbekistan) * Chusovitina 2 (vault) - handspring forward on - laid out salto with 1 1/2 twist off, after

(USSR, Germany, Uzbekistan) * Chow–Khorkina or Khorkina–Chow (uneven bars) – Stalder 1 pirouette, after Amy Chow S,_also_first_performed_by_Svetlana_Khorkina_(Russia).html" ;"title="Svetlana_Khorkina.html" ;"title="S, also first performed by Svetlana Khorkina">S, also first performed by Svetlana Khorkina (Russia)">Svetlana_Khorkina.html" ;"title="S, also first performed by Svetlana Khorkina">S, also first performed by Svetlana Khorkina (Russia)* Chow 2 (uneven bars) – Stalder to Shaposhnikova, after Amy Chow (US) * Comaneci salto (uneven bars) – front support on high bar, cast with salto forward straddle to hang on high bar, after

Nadia Comăneci Nadia Elena Comăneci Conner (born November 12, 1961) is a Romanian retired gymnast and a five-time Olympic gold medalist, all in individual events. In 1976, at the age of 14, Comăneci was the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 ...

(Romania) * Daggett (pommel horse) – scissor backward with counterturn, after

Tim Daggett Timothy P. Daggett (born May 22, 1962) is a former American gymnast and an Olympic gold medalist. He is a graduate of West Springfield High School and UCLA, who competed in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, along with Bart Conner, Peter Vidmar and ...

(US) * Dalton (parallel bars) – roll backward with turn tuck or Harada to hang, after

Jacob Dalton Jacob "Jake" Dalton (born August 19, 1991) is a retired American gymnast who was a member of the University of Oklahoma gymnastics team and the United States men's national gymnastics team. He represented the United States at the 2012 Summer ...

(US) * Dawes (uneven bars) – back giant with 1 turn in handstand, after

Dominique Dawes Dominique Margaux Dawes (born November 20, 1976) is a retired American artistic gymnast. Known in the gymnastics community as 'Awesome Dawesome', she was a 10-year member of the U.S. national gymnastics team, the 1994 U.S. all-around senior Nati ...

(US) * Derwael–Fenton (uneven bars) – backward stalder with counter straddle reverse hecht over the high bar with half (180-degree) turn to hang in mixed L-grip, after

Nina Derwael Nina Derwael ( or ; born 26 March 2000) is a Belgian artistic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion (2018, 2019), and a two-time European champion (2017, 2018) on the uneven bars. She is the 2019 European Games ...

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Georgia-Mae Fenton Georgia-Mae Fenton (born 2 November 2000) is an elite English artistic gymnast and a member of both the British national gymnastics team and the England Commonwealth Games gymnastics squad. She is the 2018 and 2022 Commonwealth champion on un ...

(UK) * Diomidov (parallel bars) – swing forward with a full turn on one arm to handstand, after Sergei Diomidov (USSR) * Dos Santos (floor exercise) – Arabian double pike ( turn to double front somersault in piked position), after

Daiane dos Santos Daiane Garcia dos Santos (born February 10, 1983) is a retired artistic gymnast. She is the 2003 world champion on the floor apparatus. On doing so, she became the first black gymnast to ever win an event at the World Championships as well as the ...

(Brazil) * Dos Santos 2 (floor exercise) – Arabian double layout ( turn to double front somersault laid out position), after

(Brazil) * Dowell (floor exercise) - front double piked salto

Brenna Dowell Brenna Dowell (born March 4, 1996) is a former American artistic gymnast. She was a member of the gold medal-winning U.S. team at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. A prevalent gymnast on the National scene throughout the 2010s, D ...

(US) * Downie (Uneven bars) - stalder backward on high bar with counter pike – reverse hecht over high bar to hang, after Rebecca Downie (Great Britain) * Drăgulescu (vault) – handspring double front tucked somersault with turn, after

Marian Drăgulescu Marian Drăgulescu (born 18 December 1980 in Bucharest) is a former Romanian artistic gymnast. During his senior gymnastics career he won 31 medals at Olympic Games at World and European Championships, of which eight are gold medals at the World ...

(Romania) * Drăgulescu piked (vault) – officially named the ''Ri Se Gwang 2'' originated by Ri Se Gwang of

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; use of ''Drăgulescu'' piked when referring to this skill is often preferred in practice because of how well-known the regular ''Drăgulescu'' is; one of only 5 vaults currently with highest official D-score of 6.0; variant of the ''Drăgulescu'' where only difference is somersaults done in piked position, after

(România) and Ri Se Gwang of

* Erceg (balance beam (mount)) – round off Arabian front tuck onto the end of the beam, after

Tina Erceg Tina Erceg (born May 3, 1988) is a Croatian former international gymnast. The senior all-around National Champion in 2004 and 2005 and the winner of several medals on the World Cup circuit, Erceg is considered to be the Croatia's most successful ...

(Croatia) * Fan (uneven bars (dismount)) - from L-grip swing backwards, (180 degree) turn to double salto Fan Yilin (China) * Ferrari (floor exercise) – a ring tour jete with turn and a landing on both feet, after

Vanessa Ferrari Vanessa Ferrari (born 10 November 1990) is an Italian artistic gymnast. She was the 2006 World All-Around Champion and competed for Italy at the 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal on floor exercise in 2020. In doi ...

(Italy) * Fontaine (uneven bars dismount) – double somersaulting dismount is a back tuck with twist into a front tuck, after Larissa Fontaine (US) * Galante (balance beam) – 1 turns with leg held in split position, after

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(Italy) * Garrison (floor exercise) – cat leap forward with bent legs and 1 turn, after Kelly Garrison (US) * Garrison (balance beam) – free shoulder roll forward to stand or tuck stand without hand support, after Kelly Garrison (US) * Garrison 2 (balance beam) – from an extended tuck sit, Valdez swing over backward through horizontal plane with support on one arm, after Kelly Garrison (US) * Garrison 3 (balance beam) – round-off, tucked full mount, after Kelly Garrison (US) * Gatson (parallel bars) – a swing backward with full turn hop to handstand, after

Jason Gatson Jason Gatson (born June 25, 1980) is a retired American gymnast. Gatson competed in his first World Championship in 1997 at the age of 17, where he placed 5th with team USA and 22nd in the all-around. He was considered by many to be the next ch ...

(US) * Gaylord (horizontal bar) – front giant into a 1-twisting front salto over the bar to regrasp – a front somersault in tucked, piked or straddled position over the bar, after

Mitch Gaylord Mitchell Jay Gaylord (born March 10, 1961) is an American gymnast, actor, and Olympic gold medalist. Early life Gaylord was born in Van Nuys, California, the son of Fred and Linda Gaylord, and is Jewish. Gaylord graduated from Grant High Schoo ...

(US) *

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(horizontal bar) – back giant into a layout Gienger (back salto turn) over bar to regrasp – a back somersault over bar, after

(US) * Gebeshian (uneven bars) – 360° turn from low to high bar known as a full twisting jump Hecht mount (uneven bars), after Houry Gebeshian (Armenia) * Gienger salto (horizontal bar) – after

Eberhard Gienger Eberhard Gienger (; born 21 July 1951) is a German politician ( CDU) and former West German gymnast. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics, winning bronze in the latter. Gymnastics career During his gymnastics career from 1971 to 1 ...

(Germany) * Gienger salto (uneven bars) – after

(Germany) * Gómez (floor exercise) – quadruple spin, after

Elena Gómez Elena Gómez Servera (born November 14, 1985, in Manacor, Majorca, Spain) is a Spanish former artistic gymnast. Her best event was floor exercise. She is one of the best gymnasts that Spain has had in the history of this sport, being the only o ...

(Spain) * Grigoraş (balance beam) – after Cristina Elena Grigoraş (Romania) * Hayden (horizontal bar) – a double salto backwards in layout, with full twist over the bar, after Daniel Hayden (US) * Henrich (balance beam) – a stag-split, split-leap or jump forward with turn, landing on both feet or in a one-two step-out or a split jump in side position with bending of rear leg backward upward that starts from a cross stand, after Christy Henrich (US) * Hindorff (uneven bars) – clear hip circle to immediate Tkatchev release, after Sylvia Hindorff (East Germany) * Huang (uneven bars) – a stalder forward in L-grip with full turn to handstand, initiated on one arm before handstand, after Huang Qiushuang (China) *

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(floor exercise) – switch split leap forward with a turn to side split leap or straddle pike position, after

Terin Humphrey Terin Marie Humphrey (born August 14, 1986, in St. Joseph, Missouri) is a retired American artistic gymnast. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she helped the United States team place second and won an individual silver ...

(US) * Humphrey (balance beam/floor exercise) – 2 turn (900°) on one leg, in tuck stand, with free leg optional, after

(US) * Hypolito (floor exercise) – Arabian double pike with a full twist, after

Diego Hypólito Diego Matias Hypólito (; born 19 June 1986) is a Brazilian gymnast, the 2005 and 2007 World Champion in the floor exercise. He is the first male gymnast from Brazil, and South America, to win a medal at the World Championships. He also won ...

(Brazil) * Jäger salto (horizontal bar, uneven bars) – swing backwards and salto forwards to catch high bar again, after

Bernd Jäger Bernd Jäger (born 18 November 1951 in Kahla) is a former East German gymnast who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics. In the 1974 world championships in Varna, competing on horizontal bar, he first performed his forward somersault starting ...

(East Germany) * Janz salto (uneven bars) – after

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(East Germany) * Johnson (floor exercise) – a switch-split leap forward with leg change and turn to side split leap or straddle pike position, after

Brandy Johnson Brandy Johnson-Scharpf (born April 30, 1973, Tallahassee, Florida) is a retired American gymnast, gymnastics judge, stuntwoman and gymnastics coach. She owns Brandy Johnson's Global Gymnastics in Clermont, Florida. A member of Brown's Gymnastics ...

(US) * Kasamatsu (vault) – after Shigero Kasamatsu (Japan) *

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(floor exercise) – double tucked back salto, after Nellie Kim (USSR) * Kim-Shirai or Shirai-Kim (vault) – round-off—back-handspring (Yurchenko) into triple twist layout, after Kim Hee Hoon (South Korea, also first performed by

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(Japan)) * Khorkina (uneven bars) – back uprise and straddle flight over high bar with turn to hang, after

Svetlana Khorkina Svetlana Vasilyevna Khorkina (russian: Светлана Васильевна Хоркина; born 19 January 1979) is a retired Russian artistic gymnast. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, the 2000 Summer Olympics, and the 2004 Summer Ol ...

(Russia) * Khorkina 2 (uneven bars) – inner front support on low bar, clear hip circle to handstand with turn in flight to hang on high bar, after

(Russia) * Khorkina (balance beam) – gainer back-handspring with full twist before hand support, after

(Russia) * Khorkina 2 (balance beam (dismount)) – gainer 2-twisting back layout dismount to side or at the end of beam, after

(Russia) * Khorkina 3 (balance beam (dismount)) – gainer triple-twisting back layout dismount to side or at the end of beam, after

(Russia) * Khorkina-Chow or Chow-Khorkina (uneven bars) – Stalder 1 pirouette, after

(Russia, also first performed by Amy Chow (US)) * Khorkina (floor exercise) – hop with 1 turns to front lying support, after

(Russia) * Khorkina (vault) – round-off, back-handspring with turn on, turn into back pike off, after

(Russia) * Khorkina 2 (vault) – round-off, back-handspring with turn on, 1-twisting front tuck off, after

(Russia) * Kolman (horizontal bar) – a full-twisting Kovacs with two back somersaults and one full twist over the bar, after Alojz Kolman (Slovenia) * Komova (uneven bars) – clear pike circle backward through handstand with flight and turn (180°) to hang on high bar, after

Viktoria Komova Viktoria Aleksandrovna Komova (russian: Виктория Александровна Комова; born 30 January 1995) is a former Russian artistic gymnast. She is a two-time Olympic medalist, having won silver medals in the all-around and te ...

(Russia) * Komova 2 (uneven bars) – clear pike circle backwards through handstand with flight to hang on high bar, after

(Russia) * Kononenko (uneven bars) – counter straddle hecht with turn to hang on high bar in mixed L-grip, after Natalia Kononenko (Ukraine) * Kotchetkova (balance beam) – full-twisting back-handspring, after Dina Kotchetkova (Russia) * Korbut flip (balance beam) – standing back somersault to swing down on beam, after

Olga Korbut Olga Valentinovna Korbut, ; russian: Ольга Валентиновна Корбут, group=nb (born 16 May 1955) is a former gymnast who competed for the Soviet Union. Nicknamed the "Sparrow from Minsk", she won four gold medals and two silver ...

(USSR) * Korbut flip (uneven bars) – standing on the high bar, does back flip, then catches the bar, after

(USSR) * Kovacs (horizontal bar) – double back somersault over bar, after Péter Kovács (Hungary) * Liukin (floor exercise) – one of only 2 skills with highest D-score of H (0.8) (other is the ''Shirai 3'') on men's floor; triple back tucked somersault, after

Valeri Liukin Valeri Viktorovich Liukin (russian: Валерий Викторович Люкин; born 17 December 1966 in Aktyubinsk, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union) is a Soviet-born Russian-American retired artistic gymnast turned gymnastics coach. As a competitor ...

(USSR) * Liukin (horizontal bar) – Tkatchev with full-twisting layout, after

(USSR) * Liukin (balance beam) – salto front pike, take off from one leg to one foot landing to scale, hold for two seconds, after

Nastia Liukin Anastasia "Nastia" Liukin (; russian: Анастасия Валерьевна Люкина ; born October 30, 1989) is a Russian-born American former artistic gymnast. She is the 2008 Olympic All-Around champion, a five-time Olympic medalist, ...

(US) * Li Li German Giant (uneven bars) – after Li Li (China) * Li Li (balance beam) – 1 turns on back (balance beam), after Li Li (China) * Li Ya salto (uneven bars) – straddled Jaeger caught in a mixed grip, after Li Ya (China) * Li Ya (uneven bars (dismount)) – backward giant into an Arabian double front pike, after Li Ya (China) * Liu Xuan salto (uneven bars) – giant circle backward to handstand on one arm, after Liu Xuan (China) * López (vault) – round-off, twist on, front straight somersault with turn off, after

Denisse López Denisse López Sing (born December 8, 1976) is a retired Mexican gymnast. She was the first gymnast from Mexico ever to qualify for an event final at the World Gymnastics Championships and the Olympic Games. Lopez began gymnastics at the age of ...

(Mexico) * Magyar traverse (pommel horse) – after

Zoltán Magyar Zoltán Magyar (born 13 December 1953) was the world's leading pommel horse gymnast in the 1970s. In this event he won two Olympic, three world, three European and two World Cup titles. Magyar had two moves named after him, the Magyar spindle ...

(Hungary) * Magyar spindle (pommel horse) – after

(Hungary) * Maloney (uneven bars) – a piked sole circle backward to handstand with a 360° turn after the handstand phase to mixed-L or L-grip, after Kristin Maloney (US) * Maloney (uneven bars) – begins from inner front support on low bar and consists of piked sole circle backward through handstand with flight to hang on high bar, after Kristin Maloney (US) * Ma dismount (uneven bars) – a hecht-front-salto-full, after

Ma Yanhong Ma Yanhong (; born March 21, 1964 in Beijing, China) (also reported in some media as July 5, 1963) is a retired Chinese Olympic athlete. She was the first Chinese gymnast, male or female, to win a gold medal at the World Gymnastics Championships ...

(China) *

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(balance beam) – beam mount approaches toward the end of the beam and is a flyspring forward with flight before and after the hand support on the beam and lands on both feet – approach at end of beam, after

Courtney McCool Courtney Lynn McCool-Griffeth (born April 1, 1988) is an American former artistic gymnast who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics. She was coached by Al and Armine Fong of Great American Gymnastic Express. From 2007–2010, McCool competed ...

(US) * McNamara (uneven bars (mount)) – a jump to hang on the high bar into a free hip circle to handstand with turn in handstand, after Julianne McNamara (US) * Melissanidis (vault) – a round off entry onto the vault table followed by a 2-twisting back tucked or piked somersault, after

Ioannis Melissanidis Ioannis Melissanidis ( el, Ιωάννης Μελισσανίδης; born 27 March 1977) is a retired Greek artistic gymnast and the 1996 Olympic champion on the floor exercise. He was also the first Greek gymnast ever to medal at the World Champ ...

(Greece) * Memmel (floor exercise) – double turn with leg held in split position (double Y-turn), after

Chellsie Memmel Chellsie Marie Memmel (born June 23, 1988) is an American artistic gymnast. She is the 2005 world all-around champion (the third American woman, after Kim Zmeskal and Shannon Miller, to win that title) and the 2003 world champion on the uneven ...

(US) * Memmel (balance beam) – front flip with turn (Barani) in piked position, after

(US) * Mikulak (pommel horse) – full scissors from one end of the pommel horse to the other, after Samuel Mikulak * Miller (uneven bars) – cast to handstand with 1 turn after handstand to mixed-L grip, after

Shannon Miller Shannon Lee Miller (born March 10, 1977) is an American former artistic gymnast. She was the 1993 and 1994 world all-around champion, the 1996 Olympic balance beam champion, the 1995 Pan American Games all-around champion, and a member of the g ...

(US) * Mitchell (floor exercise, balance beam) – triple turn (1080°) in tuck stand on one leg - free leg optional, after

Lauren Mitchell Lauren Stephanie Mitchell (born 23 July 1991) is an Australian former artistic gymnast. She is the 2010 World champion on the floor exercise and the 2009 World Championships silver medalist on the balance beam and floor exercise. Mitchell i ...

(Australia) * Miyachi (horizontal bar) – officially the only skill with highest D-score of I in men's gymnastics; a variant of the ''Bretschneider'' where the skill is done in a layout position; the straight ''Bretschneider'', double-twisting ''Cassina'' or straight double-twisting ''Kovac'', after Hidetaka Miyachi (Japan) * Mo salto (uneven bars) – ''Gaylord 2'', front tuck over high bar, starting and ending in a mixed grip, after Mo Huilan (China) * Moors (uneven bars) – from underswing, with feet on bar, salto forward stretched with turn, after Victoria Moors (Canada) * Moors (floor exercise) – only skill with highest D-score of I in women's gymnastics, double-twisting double back layout, after Victoria Moors (Canada) * Mostepanova (floor exercise) – front handspring with full twist before hand support, after Olga Mostepanova (USSR) * Mukhina salto (floor exercise) – double salto backwards tucked or piked, with full 360 twist – after

Elena Mukhina Elena Vyacheslavovna Mukhina (russian: Елена Вячеславовна Мухина; first name sometimes rendered "Yelena", last name sometimes rendered "Muchina"; 1 June 196022 December 2006) was a Soviet gymnast who won the all-around t ...

(USSR) * Mukhina (uneven bars) – Korbut flip with full twist – after

(USSR) * Mustafina (uneven bars (dismount)) – 1-twisting double back tuck dismount, after

Aliya Mustafina Aliya Farkhatovna Mustafina (russian: Алия Фархатовна Мустафина) is a Russian former artistic gymnast. With a combined total of 45 Olympic, World and European Championship medals, she is considered one of the most success ...

(Russia) * Mustafina 2 (uneven bars) – full-twisting Maloney (or Seitz) caught in a mixed grip, after

(Russia) * Mustafina (floor) – triple Y-turn, after

(Russia) * Mustafina (vault) – round-off, turn on, full twisting front off (laid out), after

(Russia) * Nabieva (uneven bars) – toe-on reverse Hecht ( Tkatchev) in the layout position, named after Tatiana Nabieva (Russia) * Nguyen (parallel bars) – a free hip circle mount from the side of the bars with turn to handstand position, after

Marcel Nguyen Marcel Van Minh Phuc Long Nguyen (born 8 September 1987) is a German artistic gymnast and three-time Olympian, having represented Germany at the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Olympic Games. He is the 2012 Olympic silver medalist in the all-around and o ...

(Germany) * Nagornyy (floor) – Triple back pike, after

Nikita Nagornyy Nikita Vladimirovich Nagornyy ( rus, Никита Владимирович Нагорный, , nʲɪˈkʲitə nɐˈɡornɨɪ̯, born 12 February 1997 in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia) is a Russian artistic gymnast and two-time Olympian, r ...

(Russia) * Okino (uneven bars (dismount)) – a free hip underswing with twist to layout back salto, after

Betty Okino Elizabeth Anna Okino (born June 4, 1975 in Entebbe, Uganda) is a retired American gymnast, a member of the famous "Károlyi Six-Pack" who in 1992, helped the United States win their first Olympic team medal, in a non-boycotted Olympic Games. She ...

(US) * Okino (balance beam) – triple pirouette or triple turn, after

(US) * Omelianchik (balance beam) – back handspring with turn dive to handstand, after

Oksana Omelianchik Oksana Omelianchik (russian: Оксана Александровна Омельянчик; uk, Окса́на Oлекса́ндрiвна Омелья́нчик, Oksana Oleksandrivna Omelianchyk; alternative transliterations: Oksana Omel'yantchi ...

(USSR) * Omelianchik (vault) – round-off, on, front pike off, after

(USSR) * O'Neill (still rings) – a stretched double feige backward to a hang, after Paul O'Neill (US) * Onodi (balance beam) – back handspring with turn, after

Henrietta Ónodi Henrietta Ónodi (born May 22, 1974) is a Hungarian artistic gymnast. She competed at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics and won a gold and a silver medal in 1992. After retiring from gymnastics in 1997 she moved to the United States, married American O ...

(Hungary) *

Pak salto The Pak, or Pak salto, is a release move performed on the uneven bars in women's artistic gymnastics. The move starts with the gymnast hanging on the high bar and facing the low bar, then swinging forwards towards the low bar and performing a s ...

(uneven bars) – does a backward flip on the high bar and then catches the low bar, after Pak Gyong-sil (North Korea) *

Patterson Patterson may refer to: People * Patterson (surname) Places ;Canada * Pattersons Corners, Ontario *Patterson Township, Ontario *Patterson, Calgary a neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta. ;United States of America * Patterson, Arkansas *Patterson, C ...

(balance beam (dismount)) – an Arabian double front dismount, after

Carly Patterson Carly Rae Patterson (born February 4, 1988) is an American singer, songwriter and former artistic gymnast. She was the all-around champion at the 2004 Olympics, the first all-around champion for the United States at a non-boycotted Olympics, and ...

(US) * Pegan (horizontal bar) – double front salto with turn – 180°, after Aljaž Pegan (Slovenia) *

Phelps Phelps may refer to: Places in the United States * Phelps, Kentucky * Phelps, Michigan, an unincorporated community * Phelps, New York ** Phelps (village), New York * Phelps, Wisconsin, a town ** Phelps (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated co ...

(vault) – turn onto the vault (Tsukahara) to a layout backflip with turn, after

Jaycie Phelps Jaycie Lynn Phelps (born September 26, 1979 in Greenfield, Indiana, United States) is a retired American Olympic gymnast and member of the 1996 Olympic gold medal U.S. women's gymnastics team, the Magnificent Seven. She is known for her consiste ...

(US) * Phillps (balance beam) – a handstand straddle split, with a 90° backbend, originally performed on the balance beam and press to side handstand, front walkover to side stand on both legs, after Kristie Phillips (US) * Preziosa (balance beam) – full turn with free leg held backwards with both hands, after Elisabetta Preziosa (Italy) * Podkopayeva (vault) – round-off, twist on, front piked somersault with turn off, after

Lilia Podkopayeva Lilia Oleksandrivna Podkopayeva ( uk, Лілія Олександрівна Подкопаєва; born August 15, 1978) is a Ukrainian former artistic gymnast. She is the 1995 world all-around champion, and the 1996 Olympic all-around and floor e ...

(Ukraine) * Podkopayeva (floor) – double front somersault with a twist, after

(Ukraine) * Popa (floor exercise) – straddle pike jump with full turn (360°), after

Celestina Popa Celestina Stefania Popa-Toma (born 12 July 1970) is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast, who competed internationally between 1985 and 1988. *

Produnova The handspring double salto forward tucked, known as a Produnova in women's artistic gymnastics and a Roche in men's artistic gymnastics, is a vault consisting of a front handspring onto the vaulting horse and two front somersaults in a tucked p ...

(vault) – one of only 2 skills with highest D-score of 6.4 in women's vault (other is the ''Biles'' or "half on—double full off"; first of only five women to have landed this in competition; front handspring on into double front somersault off, after

Elena Produnova Yelena Sergeyevna Produnova, also known as Elena (russian: Елена Серге́евна Продунова; born 15 February 1980), is a Russian former competitive gymnast. Her senior international career lasted from 1995 to 2000 and earned h ...

(Russia) * Ray (uneven bars) – a Stalder backwards with release and counter movement forward to catch the high bar, after

Elise Ray Mary Elise Ray (born February 6, 1982) is an American gymnast who represented the United States at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney and the 1999 World Championships. She was the head gymnastics coach at the University of Washington from 2016 to 2020. ...

(US) * Ray 2 (uneven bars) – a handstand on the high bar to a pike sole circle backward into a backward counter straddle-reverse hecht over the high bar and a rematch, after

(US) * Ray 3 (uneven bars (dismount)) – double-twisting double layout bars dismount, after

(US) * The Retton Flip (uneven bars) – a transition (front flip) from low to highbar, resulting in the gymnast perched or "sitting" on top of the high bar, after

Mary Lou Retton Mary Lou Retton (born January 24, 1968) is an American retired gymnast. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, she won a gold medal in the individual all-around competition, as well as two silver medals and two bronze medals. Her performanc ...

(US) * Ri Se Gwang (vault) – currently one of only five vaults with highest official D-score of 6.0; full-twisting double Tsukahara, after Ri Se Gwang (North Korea) * Ri Se Gwang 2 (vault) – currently one of only five vaults with highest official D-score of 6.0; front handspring double piked with twist, or ''Drăgulescu'' piked in practice, after Ri Se Gwang (North Korea) * Roth (pommel horse) – from cross support, rearways, reverse Stockli, wendeswing forward to reverse Stockli to cross support forward on other end, not touch pommel, after Bill Roth (US) * Semenova (floor exercise) – a double spin with the leg in back attitude, after

Ksenia Semenova Ksenia Andreyevna Semyonova (russian: Ксения Андреевна Семёнова; born 20 October 1992) is a retired Russian artistic gymnast. She is the 2007 world champion on the uneven bars, the 2008 European champion on the uneven ...

(Russia) * Semenova (balance beam) – full spin with leg in back attitude, after

(Russia) * Seitz (uneven bars) – on low bar, pike sole circle through handstand with flight to hang on high bar with full twist during flight phase, after Elisabeth Seitz (Germany) * Shaham (horizontal bar) – 1-twisting double back somersault over bar, after Noam Shaham (Israel) * Shaposhnikova (uneven bars) – on the low bar, free hip circle with flight to hang on high bar, after

Natalia Shaposhnikova Natalia Vitalyevna Shaposhnikova (russian: Наталья Витальевна Шапошникова; born 24 June 1961, in Rostov-on-Don), married name Natalia Sout, is a former Soviet artistic gymnast, two-time Olympic champion, and Honoured Ma ...

(USSR) * Shewfelt (vault) – aka ''Amanar'' for women, Yurchenko stretched with 2 twists, after

Kyle Shewfelt Kyle Keith Shewfelt (born May 6, 1982 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian gymnast. His gold medal in the men's floor exercise competition at the 2004 Athens Olympics was the first-ever medal for a Canadian in an artistic gymnastics event and was ...

(Canada) * Shirai or Shirai-Nguyen (floor exercise) – quadruple-twisting layout backwards, after

apan, also first performed by Nguyen Tuan Dat (Vietnam)* Shirai 2 (floor exercise) – triple-twisting layout forwards, after

(Japan) * Shirai 3 (floor exercise) – triple-twisting double layout backwards; one of only two skills with highest official D-score of H (0.8) (other is the ''Liukin'') currently in men's floor, after

(Japan) * Shirai or Shirai-Kim (vault) – round-off, back-handspring into triple-twisting layout, after

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(Japan, 1st time successfully completed in competition –

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Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...

) * Shirai 3 (vault) – round-off, full-twisting back-handspring (aka Scherbo) on into double twist off, after

(Japan) * Shushunova (floor exercise) – straddle jump to lay on front support, after

Yelena Shushunova Yelena Lvovna Shushunova (russian: Елена Львовна Шушунова; sometimes spelled Elena Shushunova; 23 May 1969 – 16 August 2018) was a Soviet Russian gymnast. Shushunova was one of five women (alongside Larisa Latynina, Věra � ...

(Russia) * Shushunova (uneven bars) – full-twisting Tkachev, after

(Russia) * Silivaş (balance beam (mount)) – after Daniela Silivaş (Romania) * Silivaş (floor) – double twisting double back tucked, after Daniela Silivaş (Romania) * Stalder (horizontal bar) – free circle backwards in straddle or legs together through handstand

Josef Stalder Josef Stalder (6 February 1919 – 2 March 1991) was a Swiss gymnast and Olympic champion. Career He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he received a gold medal on the horizontal bar, a silver medal in team combined exercises ...

(Switzerland) * Steingruber (balance beam) - Gainer layout salto with full twist from end of beam, after

Giulia Steingruber Giulia Steingruber (born 24 March 1994) is a retired Swiss artistic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympic and 2017 World bronze medalist on vault. Additionally she is the 2015 European all-around champion, a four-time European vault champion (201 ...

(Switzerland) * Stroescu (floor exercise) – stretched forward salto with 2 twists, (mistakenly named) after Silvia Stroescu (Romania) * Strong (uneven bars) – shoot over to low bar with 1 twists, after Lori Strong (Canada) * Strong (Lori) hop (balance beam) – after Lori Strong (Canada) * Strug (floor exercise) – a tour jete with additional turn and landing on both feet, after

Kerri Strug Kerri Allyson Strug (born November 19, 1977) is a retired American gymnast from Tucson, Arizona. She was a member of the Magnificent Seven, the victorious all-around women's gymnastics team that represented the United States at the 1996 Summer ...

(US) * Sugihara (balance beam) – double turn with the leg held in split position

Aiko Sugihara is a Japanese female artistic gymnast. She is the 2015 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2015 Asian team and all-around champion and uneven bars and floor exercise silver medalist. She is also the 2019 Summer Universiade champion with th ...

(Japan) * Talavera (balance beam) – pommel horse-like move with the circle done like a flair, after

Tracee Talavera Tracee Ann Talavera (born September 1, 1966) is an American former artistic gymnast who competed for the United States at the Olympics and World Championships. She qualified for the 1980 Olympic team. She was the 1981 and 1982 U.S. National All- ...

(US) * Teza (balance beam) – Yurchenko loop is performed with a full-twisting handspring, after

Elvire Teza Elvire Teza (born March 29, 1981) is a retired French gymnast who competed at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics. She was the French National Champion in gymnastics in 1997, 1999 and 2000. Career Born on the island of Reunion, Teza trained in Marseille u ...

(France) * Thomas flair (pommel horse, floor exercise) – after Kurt Thomas (US) *

Thomas salto The Thomas salto is an extremely difficult and dangerous move performed during the floor exercise in artistic gymnastics. It is named after American gymnast Kurt Thomas. Technical details The Thomas salto consists of a 1 ½ salto backward in a ...

(floor exercise) – salto backwards in a tucked or piked position with 1 twists, after Kurt Thomas (US) *

(floor exercise) – salto backwards in a layout (straight) position with 1 twists, after Kurt Thomas (US) * Tkachev (uneven bars) – reverse hecht; can be performed in straddled, piked, tucked or laid out, after Aleksandr Tkachyov (USSR) * Tsukahara (vault) – involving a or turn onto the vault and back salto off, after

Mitsuo Tsukahara Mitsuo Tsukahara (塚原光男 ''Tsukahara Mitsuo'', born December 22, 1947) is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He was five times an Olympic Gold Medalist. He remained active in the sport after his retirement from competition. He served as vice p ...

(Japan) * Tweddle (uneven bars) – sole circle backward with counter straddle hecht with turn to hang on high bar in mixed L-grip, after

Beth Tweddle Elizabeth Kimberly Tweddle (born 1 April 1985) is a retired British artistic gymnast. Renowned for her uneven bar and floor routines, she was the first female gymnast from Great Britain to win a medal at the European Championships, World Cham ...

(Great Britain) * Urzică (parallel bars) – salto forwards to full turn to upper arm hang rated, after

Marius Urzică Marius Daniel Urzică (born 30 September 1975 in Toplița, Romania) is a Romanian gymnast. Urzică is an Olympic champion, a three-time world champion and a three-time European champion on pommel horse. He competed at three Olympic Games, medali ...

(Romania) * van Leeuwen (uneven bars) – in the low bar, piked sole circle through handstand with flight to hang on high bar with twist during flight phase, after Laura van Leeuwen (Netherlands) * Wang Huiying (vault) – front handspring layout Barani, after Wang Huiying (China) * Wells (parallel bars) – a giant swing backwards with in-locate forwards, after Trent Wells (US) * Wevers turn (balance beam) – a double turn on beam with leg held horizontally, after

Sanne Wevers Sanne Wevers (born 17 September 1991) is a Dutch artistic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympic and 2018 European champion on the balance beam and was the first Dutch female gymnast to become an Olympic champion on an individual event. She is also ...

(Netherlands) * White (uneven bars) – a front Stalder into an L-grip to handstand with turn in handstand, after Morgan White (US) * Wong (balance beam) – salto forward tucked with turn mount, after Hiu Ying Angel Wong (China – Hong Kong) * Yang Hak Seon (vault) – currently one of only five vaults with highest official D-score of 6.0; front handspring triple twist, after Yang Hak-Seon (South Korea) * Yang Hak Seon 2 (vault) – currently one of only five vaults with highest official D-score of 6.0; Tsukahara with 3 twists or Kasamatsu with 2 twists, after Yang Hak-Seon (South Korea) * Yang Bo (balance beam) – from cross stand, jump to over split with body arched and head dropped backward, after Yang Bo (China) * Yurchenko (vault) – round-off, back-handspring onto the vaulting table, after

Natalia Yurchenko , nickname= , country= , formercountry= Russia , birth_date= , birth_place=Norilsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union , hometown=Russia , death_date= , death_place= , height=155 cm (5'1") , discipline=Artistic gymnastics , level=Senior Elite Gymnast , n ...

(USSR) * Yurchenko loop (balance beam) – on side position, back-handspring to backward hip circle, after

(USSR) * Zamolodchikova (vault) – Tsukahara stretched with double turn (720°) off, after

Elena Zamolodchikova Elena "Zamo" Mikhailovna Zamolodchikova (russian: Елена Михайловна Замолодчикова; born 19 September 1982) is a Russian former artistic gymnast, and four-time Olympic medallist. In 2015, she was inducted in the Int ...

(Russia) * Zamolodchikova (balance beam) – flic-flac or back-handspring with full twist to hip circle backwards, after

(Russia) * Yarotska (uneven bars) – Stalder hecht from low bar to high bar, after

Irina Yarotska Irina Yarotska (also spelled Iryna, born August 29, 1985) is a Ukrainian female artistic gymnast. Yarotska was born in Kyiv, Ukraine and is coached by Ghalina Chieghimagha. Career She started gymnastics at age 6 and began her career as a senio ...

(Ukraine) * Zanetti (still rings) – from hanging scale rearways press to planche, after

Arthur Zanetti Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti (born April 16, 1990) is a Brazilian artistic gymnast. He won the gold medal in the rings exercise at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, becoming the first Brazilian and Latin American gymnast to win an Olympic medal in ...

(Brazil) * Zonderland (parallel bars) – 1 Diamadov to one bar immediate Healy to both bars, after

Epke Zonderland Epke Jan Zonderland (born 16 April 1986) is a Dutch artistic gymnast and the 2012 Olympic gold medallist on high bar. He is a 4-time Olympian (2008–20) and has also taken 3 World Championships golds on high bar at the 2013, 2014 and 2018 W ...

(Netherlands)

Association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

* Panenka penalty kick – after

Antonín Panenka Antonín Panenka (born 2 December 1948) is a Czech retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He spent most of his career representing Czechoslovak club Bohemians Prague. Panenka won UEFA Euro 1976 with the national team of Czec ...

(Czech Republic) *Zidane Spin/The Roulette (alternative name for 360-spin) – after

Zinedine Zidane Zinedine Yazid Zidane (; born 23 June 1972), popularly known as Zizou, is a French professional football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He most recently coached Spanish club Real Madrid and is one of the mos ...

(France) * Cuauteminha/Blanco Hop – after

Cuauhtémoc Blanco Cuauhtémoc Blanco Bravo (; born 17 January 1973) is a Mexican politician and former professional footballer who is the current Governor of Morelos under the coalition '' Juntos Haremos Historia''. He formerly served as the municipal president ...

(Mexico) * Bosman ruling – after

Jean-Marc Bosman Jean-Marc Bosman (; born 30 October 1964) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. His judicial challenge of the football transfer rules led to the Bosman ruling in 1995. This landmark judgement, which was handed ...

(Belgium) *

Cruijff Turn The Cruyff turn (also spelled Cruijff turn in the Netherlands) is an evasive dribbling move used in football, and named after Dutch player Johan Cruyff. In the 24th minute of the game against Sweden in the group stage of the 1974 World Cup, whi ...

– after

Johan Cruijff Hendrik Johannes Cruijff (, internationally known as Johan Cruyff; 25 April 1947 – 24 March 2016) was a Dutch professional football player and manager. As a player, he won the Ballon d'Or three times, in 1971, 1973 and 1974. Cruyff was a pr ...

(Netherlands) * Makelele role - After Claude Makelele * Jomo Cosmos named after

Jomo Sono Ephraim Matsilele Sono OIS (born Madoda Walletjies Mkulwana, 17 July 1955), better known as Jomo Sono, is a South African football club owner, coach and former professional footballer. He has been variously nicknamed the "Black Prince of South ...

(South Africa)

Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competi ...

* Fosbury Flop – a high jump style, named after

Dick Fosbury Richard Douglas Fosbury (born March 6, 1947) is an American retired high jumper, who is considered one of the most influential athletes in the history of track and field. Besides winning a gold medal at the 1968 Olympics, he revolutionized the h ...

(US) * Volzing – a now illegal pole vault technique, named after Dave Volz (US)

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...

* Maddux (statistic) - named after Greg Maddux (US) *

Mendoza Line The Mendoza Line is baseball jargon for a sub-.200 batting average, the supposed minimum threshold for competence at the Major League level. It derives from light-hitting shortstop Mario Mendoza, who failed to reach .200 five times in his nine b ...

– named after

Mario Mendoza Mario Mendoza Aizpuru (born December 26, 1950) is a Mexican former professional baseball infielder. Mendoza, a lifetime .215 hitter, is best known for being the source of the name for the threshold for batting ineptitude, the " Mendoza Line", ...

(US) *

Pesky's pole Fenway Park is a baseball stadium located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, near Kenmore Square. Since 1912, it has been the home of the Boston Red Sox, the city's American League baseball team, and since 1953, its only Major League Base ...

– named after

Johnny Pesky John Michael Pesky (born John Michael Paveskovich; February 27, 1919 – August 13, 2012), nicknamed "The Needle" and "Mr. Red Sox", was an American professional baseball player, manager and coach. He was a shortstop and third baseman during a ...

(US) *

Tal's Hill Minute Maid Park is a retractable roof stadium in Houston, Texas, United States. It opened in 2000 as the home ballpark of Major League Baseball's Houston Astros. It has a seating capacity of 41,168, which includes 5,197 club seats and 63 lu ...

– named after

Tal Smith Talbot Merton Smith (born September 27, 1933) is an American former professional baseball executive who has served in high baseball operations positions—including general manager and club president—as well as the founder of a firm that advises ...

(US) * Tommy John surgery – named after

Tommy John Thomas Edward John Jr. (born May 22, 1943), nicknamed "The Bionic Man," is an American retired professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 26 seasons between 1963 and 1989. He played for the Cleveland Indians, ...

(US) * Ruthian – a term for a longer home run, named after

Babe Ruth George Herman "Babe" Ruth Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948) was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Su ...

(US) * Steve Blass Disease – a term applied to talented players who seem to inexplicably lose their ability to accurately throw a baseball

Basketball

* Dream Shake – the signature post move of Hakeem Olajuwon, nicknamed "The Dream", considered one of the most unguardable moves in NBA history. *

Elam Ending The Elam Ending is a rules format for basketball. Unlike traditional basketball rules, in which the game is played with four timed quarters, with the Elam Ending format, teams end the game by playing to a target score. A variation used by the NBA G ...

– a method for ending games once a specified target score is reached; currently used in

The Basketball Tournament The Basketball Tournament (TBT) is an open-application, single-elimination tournament played each summer in the United States. The 2022 edition features 64 teams with a $1 million winner-take-all prize, broadcast by ESPN. TBT was founded in 20 ...

, the

NBA All-Star Game The National Basketball Association All-Star Game is a basketball exhibition game hosted every February by the National Basketball Association (NBA) and showcases 24 of the league's star players. It is the featured event of NBA All-Star Weekend, ...

, and the Canadian Elite Basketball League. Named for its creator, Ball State University professor Nick Elam. *Ewing Theory – an idea popularized by basketball analyst Bill Simmons, referring to the phenomena in which teams perform better when their star player is not playing or is no longer with the team. The term was named after New York Knicks legend

Patrick Ewing Patrick Aloysius Ewing (born August 5, 1962) is a Jamaican-American basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the Georgetown University men's team. He played most of his career as the starting center for the N ...

Achilles tendon The Achilles tendon or heel cord, also known as the calcaneal tendon, is a tendon at the back of the lower leg, and is the thickest in the human body. It serves to attach the plantaris, gastrocnemius (calf) and soleus muscles to the calcaneus ( ...

injury kept him sidelined for a majority of the Knicks'

1999 NBA Finals The 1999 NBA Finals was the championship round of the shortened 1998–99 NBA season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs took on the Eastern Conference champion New York Knicks for ...

run, including all but one game of the Eastern Conference Finals and the Finals themselves. *

Hack-a-Shaq Hack-a-Shaq is a basketball defensive strategy used in the National Basketball Association (NBA) that involves committing intentional fouls (originally a clock management strategy) for the purpose of lowering opponents' scoring. The strategy was o ...

– the strategy of committing intentional fouls (originally a clock management strategy) to the purpose of lowering opponents' scoring. Named after Dallas Mavericks coach Don Nelson's use of the tactic against Shaquille O'Neal, although the strategy was originally used against

Dennis Rodman Dennis Keith Rodman (born May 13, 1961) is an American former professional basketball player. Known for his fierce defensive and rebounding abilities, his biography on the official NBA website states that he is "arguably the best reboundin ...

. * The Shammgod – a style of crossover popularized by former NBA player God Shammgod, widely considered one of the greatest ball-handlers of all time.

Brazilian jiu-jitsu

* D'Arce choke * De la Riva Guard * Ezequiel choke *

Kimura Lock An armlock in grappling is a single or double joint lock that hyperextends, hyperflexes or hyperrotates the elbow joint or shoulder joint. An armlock that hyper-extends the arm is known as an armbar, and it includes the traditional armbar, pr ...

Boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermine ...

* Ali shuffle – named after Muhammad Ali (US) * Queensberry rules – after

John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry (20 July 184431 January 1900), was a British nobleman, remembered for his atheism, his outspoken views, his brutish manner, for lending his name to the " Queensberry Rules" that form the basis of ...

(Great Britain)

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...

*Bosie (alternative name for a

googly In the game of cricket, a googly refers to a type of delivery bowled by a right-arm leg spin bowler. It is different from the normal delivery for a leg-spin bowler in that it is turning the other way. The googly is ''not'' a variation of the ...

) – after Bernard Bosanquet (England) * Kolpak – a Slovak

team handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the ...

player whose victory in the European Court of Justice opened the door to numerous non-English players in English county cricket, term also used in both codes of rugby, after Maroš Kolpak (Slovakia) *

Mankading Run out is a method of dismissal in cricket, governed by Law 38 of the Laws of Cricket. A run out usually occurs when the batsmen are attempting to run between the wickets, and the fielding team succeed in getting the ball to one wicket bef ...

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Vinoo Mankad Mulvantrai Himmatlal "Vinoo" Mankad (; 12 April 1917 – 21 August 1978) was an Indian cricketer who appeared in 44 Test matches for India between 1946 and 1959. He was best known for his world record setting opening partnership of 413 runs wi ...

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Marillier shot A paddle scoop, Marillier shot or ramp shot is a modern cricketing shot. Players have used it more and more often in One Day International and Twenty20 cricket matches, since it appeared in the early 21st century. The player makes the shot by pos ...

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Dougie Marillier Douglas Anthony Marillier (born 24 June 1978), known as Dougie Marillier, is a former Zimbabwean cricketer, who played Tests and One Day International cricket for the national side. He is a right hand batsman known for his unorthodox technique ...

(Zimbabwe) *

Dilscoop A paddle scoop, Marillier shot or ramp shot is a modern cricketing shot. Players have used it more and more often in One Day International and Twenty20 cricket matches, since it appeared in the early 21st century. The player makes the shot by posi ...

– after Tillekaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka), A cricket batting stroke, also known as a "ramp shot", developed by Sri Lankan right-handed batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan during the ICC World Twenty20 held during June 2009 in England. *

Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method The Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method (DLS) is a mathematical formulation designed to calculate the target score (number of runs needed to win) for the team batting second in a limited overs cricket match interrupted by weather or other circums ...

– is generally accepted to be the most accurate method of setting a target score in a limited overs cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstances. Originally the Duckworth–Lewis method, after

Frank Duckworth Frank Carter Duckworth MBE (born 26 December 1939, in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire) is a retired English statistician, and is one of the two statisticians who developed the Duckworth–Lewis method of resetting targets in interrupted one-day cr ...

(England) and

Tony Lewis Anthony Robert Lewis CBE (born 6 July 1938) is a Welsh former cricketer, who captained England, became a journalist, went on to become the face of BBC Television cricket coverage between 1986 and 1998, and became president of the Marylebone C ...

(Wales); after the two retired, Steven Stern (Australia) became the custodian of the calculation, and his name was added to the title in 2014. *Nat-meg - after

Natalie Sciver Natalie Ruth Sciver-Brunt (; ; born 20 August 1992) is an English cricketer. She was the first cricketer for England to take a hat-trick in a Women's Twenty20 International match. The " Natmeg" shot is named after Sciver, from when she has hit ...

. It is an inventive shot against yorkers.

Croquet Croquet ( or ; french: croquet) is a sport that involves hitting wooden or plastic balls with a mallet through hoops (often called "wickets" in the United States) embedded in a grass playing court. Its international governing body is the W ...

*Duffer tice – a tice positioned, usually a yard or so North, and a touch East, of Hoop 6, laid on the second turn of the game, named after the Irish croquet player Duff Mathews (Ireland) *Peel – to send a ball other than the striker's ball through its target hoop, named after Walter Peel (England)
Laws of Association Croquet
', 6th Edition, amended 2008, Croquet Association *Solomon grip – the grip used by and named after John Solomon (England)

Disc Golf

*Hyzer – Disc angle when the disc edge away from a player's hand is closer to the ground than the edge in a player's hand. Named after H.R. Hyzer.

Figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are m ...

Axel jump Axel may refer to: People * Axel (name), all persons with the name Places * Axel, Netherlands, a town ** Capture of Axel, a battle at Axel in 1586 Arts, entertainment, media * ''Axel'', a 1988 short film by Nigel Wingrove * ''Axel'', a Cirque ...

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Axel Paulsen Axel Paulsen (18 July 1855 – 9 February 1938) was a Norwegian figure skater and speed skater. He invented the figure skating Axel jump and held the world title in speed skating from 1882 to 1890. In 1976 he was inducted into the World Figure ...

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Besti squat A Besti squat is a figure skating move. It is similar to the spread eagle (figure skating), spread eagle in that the skater travels along an edge with both skates on the ice, the toes turned out to the sides and the heels facing each other. The kn ...

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Natalia Bestemianova Natalia Filimonovna Bestemianova or Bestemyanova (russian: Наталья Филимоновна Бестемьянова, born 6 January 1960) is a Soviet and Russian former competitive ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union. With her par ...

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Biellmann spin The Biellmann spin is a difficult variation of the layback spin in figure skating. It was made popular by world champion Denise Biellmann. Description The Biellmann spin is a difficult variation of the layback spin in figure skating. It is exe ...

– after Denise Biellmann (Switzerland) * Charlotte spiral – after Charlotte Oelschlagel (Germany) * Ina Bauer – after Ina Bauer (Germany) * Kerrigan spiral – after

Nancy Kerrigan Nancy Ann Kerrigan (born October 13, 1969) is an American figure skater and actress. She won bronze medals at the 1991 World Championships and the 1992 Winter Olympics, silver medals at the 1992 World Championships and the 1994 Winter Olympic ...

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Lutz jump The Lutz is a figure skating jump, named after Alois Lutz, an Austrian skater who performed it in 1913. It is a toepick-assisted jump with an entrance from a back outside edge and landing on the back outside edge of the opposite foot. It is the ...

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Alois Lutz Alois Lutz (1898–1918) was an Austrian figure skater. He invented the Lutz jump The Lutz is a figure skating jump, named after Alois Lutz, an Austrian skater who performed it in 1913. It is a toepick-assisted jump with an entrance from a bac ...

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Salchow jump The Salchow jump is an edge jump in figure skating. It was named after its inventor, Ulrich Salchow, in 1909. The Salchow is accomplished with a takeoff from the back inside edge of one foot and a landing on the back outside edge of the opposite ...

, – after

Ulrich Salchow Karl Emil Julius Ulrich Salchow (7 August 1877 – 19 April 1949) was a Danish-born Swedish figure skater, who dominated the sport in the first decade of the 20th century. Salchow won the World Figure Skating Championships ten times, from ...

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Loop jump The loop jump is an edge jump in the sport of figure skating. The skater executes it by taking off from the back outside edge of the skating foot, turning one rotation in the air, and landing on the back outside edge of the same foot. It is oft ...

– in some countries (Germany and Poland, for example) this jump is called a Rittberger, after

Werner Rittberger Werner Rittberger (born 14 July 1891 in Berlin, Germany; died 12 August 1975 in Krefeld, Germany) was a German figure skater. Rittberger invented the Loop jump in 1910. German (and most other European) figure skaters call this jump “Rittberg ...

(Germany) * 'Tano Lutz – after

Brian Boitano Brian Anthony Boitano (born October 22, 1963) is an American figure skater from Sunnyvale, California. He is the 1988 Olympic champion, the 1986 and 1988 World Champion, and the 1985–1988 U.S. National Champion. He turned professional foll ...

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Walley jump Figure skating jumps are an element of three competitive figure skating disciplines: men's singles, women's singles, and pair skatingbut not ice dancing. Jumping in figure skating is "relatively recent". They were originally individual compuls ...

– after Nate Walley (US) *

Kayla Catch Kayla may refer to: *Kayla (name), a feminine given name (and list of people with the name) * Kayla (Beta Israel), a Beta Israel community * Kayla, Bhiwani, a village in Haryana, India *Kayla River, a river in Gujarat, India * Kayla dialect, an Ag ...

– after Kayla Doig (Australia) * Rippon Lutz – after

Adam Rippon Adam Richard Rippon (born November 11, 1989) is an American figure skater. He won the 2010 Four Continents Championships and the 2016 U.S. National Championships. Earlier in his career, he won the 2008 and 2009 World Junior Championships, the ...

(US)

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...

* Stimpmeter - a device to measure the speed of

putting green A golf course is the grounds on which the sport of golf is played. It consists of a series of holes, each consisting of a tee box, a fairway, the rough and other hazards, and a green with a cylindrical hole in the ground, known as a "cup". Th ...

s, named after Edward S. Stimpson, Sr.

Ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice h ...

*The Datsyuk – after a particular move by Pavel Datsyuk (Russia), where a player fakes a shot by holding the puck further back, and waits for the goaltender to be out of position before shooting. *

Gordie Howe hat trick A Gordie Howe hat trick is a variation on ice hockey's hat-trick. It is accomplished when a player collects a goal, an assist, and a fight in the same game. It is named after Hall of Famer Gordie Howe. The term was coined by a 1950s New York s ...

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Gordie Howe Gordon Howe (March 31, 1928 – June 10, 2016) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. From 1946 to 1980, he played 26 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) and six seasons in the World Hockey Association (WHA); his first 25 seaso ...

(Canada), where a player is credited with a Goal, Assist, and Fight in the same game. *Lemieux cycle – after

Mario Lemieux Mario Lemieux (; ; born October 5, 1965) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played parts of 17 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Pittsburgh Penguins between 1984 and 2006, and he assumed ownership of the f ...

(Canada), where a player gets five goals in five ways in the same game. (Even-Strength, Powerplay, Penalty kill, Penalty shot, Empty Net.) * Rob Ray Rule – after

Rob Ray Robert John Ray (born June 8, 1968) is a Canadian sports broadcaster and former professional ice hockey player for the Buffalo Sabres and Ottawa Senators. He was awarded the King Clancy Memorial Trophy by the National Hockey League in 1999 for ...

(Canada) where players must keep their jersey tied down to their

pants Trousers (British English), slacks, or pants are an item of clothing worn from the waist to anywhere between the knees and the ankles, covering both legs separately (rather than with cloth extending across both legs as in robes, skirts, and ...

. Ray would take off his jersey and shoulder pads in order to be more difficult to grab during a fight. *Savard spin-o-rama (or Savardian spin-o-rama) – originally named after

Serge Savard Serge Aubrey Savard, OC, CQ (born January 22, 1946) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman, most famously with the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is the Senior Vice President, Hockey Operations with t ...

(Canada), but made famous by

Denis Savard Denis Joseph Savard (born February 4, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1980 to 1997, and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2000. In 2017 Savard was named one of ...

(Canada), Where a player with the puck skating towards a defending player begins to turn one way, then quickly performs a 360° spin to trick the defender and continues forward. * The Brodeur Rule– due to his ability to play the puck outside of his crease, named after Martin Brodeur. (Canada) A trapezoid behind the goal line where a goaltender is allowed to play the puck. Stopping goalies from playing pucks in the corners. *The Sean Avery Rule – after

Sean Avery Sean Christopher Avery (born April 10, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. During his career in the National Hockey League (NHL), he played left wing for the Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers and Da ...

(Canada), the rule makes it illegal for a player to stand in front of a goalie and wave his or her stick in the netminder's face in an unsportsman like way. *The Gretzky Rule - after

Wayne Gretzky Wayne Douglas Gretzky ( ; born January 26, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for four teams from 1979 to 1999. Nicknamed "the Great One ...

(Canada), this rule implemented between 1985 and 1992 introduced offsetting penalties to prevent players like Gretzky from using the extra space on 4-on-4 plays to score more often. * Gretzky's office - the area behind the net, from where Wayne Gretzky would often set up goals.

Lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensiv ...

*Air Gait - a maneuver in which a player scores by jumping from behind the goal crease, dunking the ball over the top goal crossbar, and landing on the opposite side of the crease, after

Gary Gait Gary Charles Gait (born April 5, 1967) is a Canadian retired Hall of Fame professional lacrosse player and currently the head coach of the men’s lacrosse team at Syracuse University, where he played the sport collegiately. On January 24, 2017, ...

(Canada)

Motorsport

Gurney flap The Gurney flap (or wickerbill) is a small tab projecting from the trailing edge of a wing. Typically it is set at a right angle to the pressure-side surface of the airfoil and projects 1% to 2% of the wing chord. This trailing edge device can i ...

and Gurney Bubble – named after

Dan Gurney Daniel Sexton Gurney (April 13, 1931 – January 14, 2018) was an American racing driver, race car constructor, and team owner who reached racing's highest levels starting in 1958. Gurney won races in the Formula One, Indy Car, NASCAR, Can-Am, ...

(United States)

Pickleball

*Erne – A volley hit near the net by a player positioned outside the court or in the process of leaping outside the court. Named for Erne Perry, the first person known to have used the shot in mainstream competitive play. *Joey – A return shot, after an opposing player hits an around-the-post (ATP) shot, that involves hitting the ball directly back at the player that made the initial ATP shot. Named for Joe Valenti *Nasty Nelson – A serve that intentionally hits the non-receiving opposing player closest to the net, rewarding the point to the server. Named for Timothy Nelson. *Zane Navratil serve – A serve that involves swiping the ball against the paddle, when tossing the ball in preparation for striking the ball, in order to impart spin on the ball. Also called the chainsaw serve.

Rhythmic gymnastics

*The Shugurova – tipping / spinning a rolling hoop with the feet during a leap, after

Galina Shugurova Galima Akhmetkareevna Shugurova (russian: Галима Ахметкареевна Шугурова; Tatar: Галима Әхмәтгәрәй кызы Шөгурова; born 8 November 1953 in Omsk) is a retired rhythmic gymnast who competed for ...

(Soviet Union, Russia) *The Timochenko – after Alexandra Timoshenko (Soviet Union, Ukraine) *The Ralenkova – Rotation on the back, legs close, without support of the hand, after Anelia Ralenkova (Bulgaria) *The Zaripova – Split leap with ring or with back bend of the trunk, take-off and landing on the same leg, after

Amina Zaripova Amina Vasilovna Zaripova (russian: Амина Василовна Зарипова; tt-Cyrl, Әминә Васил кызы Зарипова, born 10 August 1976) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast who now works as an elite rhythmi ...

(Russia) *The Kabaeva I – Ring leap with both legs, after

Alina Kabaeva Alina Maratovna Kabaeva or Kabayeva (russian: Алина Маратовна Кабаева, ; tt-Cyrl, Әлинә Марат кызы Кабаева; born 12 May 1983) is a Russian politician, media manager and retired individual rhythmic gym ...

(Russia) *The Kabaeva II – Backscale Pivots; Front split trunk bent back below horizontal from standing position or from the position on the floor, after

(Russia) *The Kabaeva III – Balance with support on the chest, after

(Russia) *The Kabaeva IV – Split with hand support; also with jump preparation, after

(Russia) *The Cid Tostado – starting on one knee, leg forward, ball held with the foot. large roll of the ball on both legs, after

Almudena Cid Tostado Almudena Cid Tostado (born 15 June 1980 in Vitoria, País Vasco, Spain) is a former Spanish individual rhythmic gymnast who competed on the Spanish national team. She is the only rhythmic gymnast who has competed in four Olympic finals. She bec ...

(Spain) *The Tchachina I – Switch leap with changing legs, after

Irina Tchachina Irina Viktorovna Tchachina (also Chashchina or Tchashchina, russian: Ирина Викторовна Чащина; born 24 April 1982) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2004 Olympic silver medalist in all-around, a ...

(Russia) *The Tchachina II – Reverse illusion turns, after

(Russia) *The Tchachina III – Split balance from standing to kneeling position without hand support on the free leg or trunk side at horizontal, after

(Russia) *The Utyasheva – backsplit to backscale to backsplit pivot with help, after Lyasan Utiasheva (Russia) *The Gizikova I – Front split balance with support passing the free leg into back split balance with support, after Zarina Gizikova (Russia) *The Gizikova II – Front split rotation with support with a passage of the free leg into back split with support or vice versa, after Zarina Gizikova (Russia) *The Kanaeva I – Ring Pivots (ring pivot spiral also known as "Kanaeva Pivot", quadruple/triple ring turn, quadruple queen pivot) – after

Evgenia Kanaeva Evgeniya Olegovna Kanaeva OMF (russian: Евгения Олеговна Канаева; born 2 April 1990) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the only individual rhythmic gymnast in history to win two Olympic all-around gold meda ...

(Russia) *The Kanaeva II – Switch Turn, after

(Russia) *The Kanaeva III – Rotation on the stomach, legs in split, without support of the hand, after

(Russia) *The Zhukova – Cossack leap, straight leg to the side high up, whole foot higher than head with support and turn, after

Inna Zhukova Inna Zhukova ( be, Іна Іванаўна Жукава; russian: Инна Ивановна Жукова: ''Inna Ivanovna Zhukova'', born on September 6, 1986 in Krasnodar, Soviet Union) is a Belarusian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 200 ...

(Belarus) *The Kondakova –

Pivot turn In dance, a pivot turn (or simply pivot) is a general classification for dance turns in which the performer's body rotates about its vertical axis without traveling. The performer may be supported by one or both feet, which swivel in place during ...

revolutions (pivot turn with forward free leg to half free leg position), after Daria Kondakova (Russia) *The Dmitrieva – Pivot connecting turns (attitude turns + ring pivot turn with help) – after Daria Dmitrieva (Russia) *The Raffaeli – Side split pivot without help, trunk side at horizontal on relevé with free leg bent – after

Sofia Raffaeli Sofia Raffaeli (born 19 January 2004) is an Italian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2022 World All-around, hoop, ball, ribbon and team champion, as well as the 2022 European hoop and clubs champion. She is also the 2019 Junior World si ...

(Italy) *The Staniouta – cossack turn starting on floor + connecting penché turn, after

Melitina Staniouta Melitina Dmitryevna Staniouta ( be, Меліціна Дзмітрыеўна Станюта, russian: Мелитина Дмитриевна Станюта; born 15 November 1993) is a Belarusian retired individual rhythmic gymnast.Yana Kudryavtseva Yana Alexeyevna Kudryavtseva (russian: Я́на Алексе́евна Кудря́вцева; born 30 September 1997) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympic All-around silver medalist, three-time World Champ ...

(Russia) *The Kudry II – Spinning ball on the tip of the finger while doing front walkover, after

Yana Kudryavtseva Yana Alexeyevna Kudryavtseva (russian: Я́на Алексе́евна Кудря́вцева; born 30 September 1997) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympic All-around silver medalist, three-time World Champ ...

(Russia) *The Kudry III – Chaine turn wrapped in ribbon serpentine with one arm on the back, after

(Russia) *The Kudry IV – Dive jump with asymmetric movements of the clubs: during the jump, a high bounce of the club from the floor and passing to the roll to catch this club. Large circle with the other club, after

(Russia) *The Kudry V – Spinning ball on the tip of the thumb while doing a side split balance without support, after

(Russia) *The Kramarenko – Backscale Pivots ; free leg bent 30 degrees from standing position or from the position on the floor, after Lala Kramarenko (Russia) *The Ashram – back-bend turn on floor with help, after

Linoy Ashram Linoy Ashram ( he, לינוי אשרם; born ) is a retired Israeli individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic All-around Champion, the 2018 World All-around silver medalist, two-time (2017, 2019) World All-around bronze medalist, the ...

(Israel) *The Trubnikova – side split without support, trunk side at horizontal, passing to front split, trunk bent back below horizontal, after Daria Trubnikova (Russia) *The Agiurgiuculese (Ag Jump) – turning split leap with ring of the back leg, take off and landing on the same leg (jete en tournant), after

Alexandra Agiurgiuculese Alexandra Ana Maria Agiurgiuculese (born January 15, 2001) is a Romanian-Italian individual rhythmic gymnast who represents Italy and was coached by Špela Dragaš. She is a four-time medalist at the 2016 European Junior Championships. At the ...

(Italy) *The Bessonova – Stag Leap, take off from one or two feet with turn of the body with ring, also with back bent of the trunk, after

Anna Bessonova Ganna Volodymyrivna Bessonova ( uk, Ганна Володимирівна Безсонова/Ganna Volodymyrivna Bessonova; born 29 July 1984) is a Ukrainian former individual rhythmic gymnast. She is one of the most decorated rhythmic gymnast of ...

(Ukraine) *The Elkatib – Front split with or without help. Also trunk back at the horizontal position, after Alia Yassin Elkatib (Egypt) *The Garayeva – From back split on flat foot, trunk bend forward passing to Backscale Pivots, after

Aliya Garayeva Aliya Nurgayanovna (Nikolayevna) Garaeva (Garayeva) ( tt-Cyrl, Алия Нургаян кызы Гәрәева; russian: Алия Нургаяновна Гараева), born 1 January 1988 in Yekaterinburg, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a reti ...

(Azerbaijan) *The Sakura Penché – body bent at the horizontal or below, rotation on flat foot with ring, after

Sakura Hayakawa is a Japanese individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2015 Asian Championships All-around bronze medalist. Career Hayakawa appeared in international junior competitions in 2010. Hayakawa has competed at the World Club Cup, the Aeon Cup in Tok ...

(Japan) *Mamun's ball roll – From a sitting position, transit into a dynamic balance (arm stand), with ball rolling from trunk to feet and catch, after

Margarita Mamun Margarita Mamun (russian: Маргарита Мамун; born 1 November 1995) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast of Bangladeshi-Russian descent. She is the 2016 Olympic All-around champion, two-time (2015, 2014) World All-arou ...

(Russia)

Rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 11 ...

* Sonny-Billed – to have a hard driving tackle performed on someone, named after Sonny Bill Williams (New Zealand) who consistently performed these tackles * Hopoate – named after

John Hopoate John Hopoate (born 16 January 1974 in Tonga) is a former professional rugby league player and boxer who was involved in numerous sport controversies and subsequently convicted for violent crimes. He played rugby league in the Tonga national ru ...

(Tonga)

Skiing Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow. Variations of purpose include basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport. Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee ( ...

Gundersen method The Gundersen method is a method in the Nordic combined developed by Gunder Gundersen, a Nordic combined athlete from Norway, that was first used in the 1980s. In it, the ski jumping portion comes first, and points in the ski jump determine when ind ...

– in

Nordic combined Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first ever Winter Olympics in 1924, while the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup ...

, the point time differential set up between the

ski jumping Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fina ...

and cross-country skiing portions of the event, after skier

Gunder Gundersen Gunder Gundersen (12 September 1930 – 2 June 2005) was a Norwegian Nordic combined skier and sports official. He was born in Asker. Competitive career During his active career he won two individual FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medals (195 ...

(Norway)

Speed Skating Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skatin ...

*To do a Bradbury – to win a contest or race as the one standing, after Australian short track speed skater Steven Bradbury (Australia) won his

1000m The 1000 metres is an uncommon middle-distance running event in track and field competitions. The 1000 yards, an imperial alternative, was sometimes also contested. All-time top 25 *h = hand timed *i = indoor performance *A = affected by ...

gold medal at the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...

when all other contestants crashed out on the final lap. Can apply to multiple sports or situations.

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

* Henman Hill (officially Aorangi Terrace; many other nicknames) – after

Tim Henman Timothy Henry Henman (born 6 September 1974) is a British former professional tennis player. Henman played a serve-and-volley style of tennis. He was the first British man to reach the singles semifinals of Wimbledon since Roger Taylor in th ...

(Great Britain)

Trampoline Gymnastics Trampolining or trampoline gymnastics is a competitive Olympic Games, Olympic sport in which athletes perform acrobatics while bouncing on a trampoline. In competition, these can include simple jumps in the straight, pike, tuck, or straddle posit ...

* The Miller – triple-twisting double straight back, after Wayne Miller (US)

Ultimate (Frisbee)

*Callahan – after

Henry Callahan Henry Callahan (1957–1982) was a player and ambassador of Ultimate and helped bring the sport to the University of Oregon, formally establishing a team in 1978. In 1982, he was murdered during a robbery while working in Boulder, Colorado. Both ...

(US)

U.S. college sports

* Russell Rule – a variation of the Rooney Rule adopted in 2020 by the West Coast Conference, with the WCC version named for

Bill Russell William Felton Russell (February 12, 1934 – July 31, 2022) was an American professional basketball player who played as a center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1956 to 1969. A five-time NBA Most Va ...

Weightlifting Weightlifting generally refers to activities in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells or barbells. People lift various kinds of weights for a variety of different reasons. These may include various types of competition; promo ...

*The van Dam Lift – after

Rob Van Dam Robert Alexander Szatkowski (born December 18, 1970) is an American professional wrestler and actor better known by his ring name Rob Van Dam (frequently abbreviated to RVD). He is best known for his tenures in Extreme Championship Wrestling ...

(US)

Wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

*Karelin lift – after

Alexander Karelin Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Karelin ( rus, Александр Александрович Карелин, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ kəˈrʲelʲɪn; born 19 September 1967) is a Russian politician and retired athlete. Karelin comp ...

(USSR, Russia) *John Smith single – after John T. Smith (US) *

Gable grip A chokehold, choke, stranglehold or, in Judo, shime-waza ( ja, 絞技, translation=constriction technique) is a general term for a grappling hold that critically reduces or prevents either air (choking)''The New Oxford Dictionary of English'' ( ...

– after

Dan Gable Danny Mack Gable (born October 25, 1948) is an American former folkstyle and freestyle wrestler and coach. Considered to be one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, Gable is a two-time NCAA Division I national champion, a world gold medalist, ...

(US)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Sports Terms Named After People Sports terms Sports terminology

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

Artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...

Association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competi ...

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...

Basketball

Brazilian jiu-jitsu

Boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermine ...

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...

Croquet Croquet ( or ; french: croquet) is a sport that involves hitting wooden or plastic balls with a mallet through hoops (often called "wickets" in the United States) embedded in a grass playing court. Its international governing body is the W ...

Disc Golf

Figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are m ...

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...

Ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice h ...

Lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensiv ...

Motorsport

Pickleball

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 11 ...

Skiing Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow. Variations of purpose include basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport. Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee ( ...

Speed Skating Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skatin ...

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

Trampoline Gymnastics Trampolining or trampoline gymnastics is a competitive Olympic Games, Olympic sport in which athletes perform acrobatics while bouncing on a trampoline. In competition, these can include simple jumps in the straight, pike, tuck, or straddle posit ...

Ultimate (Frisbee)

U.S. college sports

Weightlifting Weightlifting generally refers to activities in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells or barbells. People lift various kinds of weights for a variety of different reasons. These may include various types of competition; promo ...

Wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

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