This is a list of eponyms in sports, i.e. sports terms named after people.

American football

* Cleveland Browns: The Cleveland Browns were named after their first coach, Paul Brown. Brown would later become the first coach of the

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, which shared the same color scheme as the Browns in part due to Brown. * Rooney Rule: a National Football League policy that requires league teams to interview ethnic-minority candidates for head coaching and senior football operation jobs. Named after

Dan Rooney Daniel Milton Rooney (July 20, 1932 – April 13, 2017) was an American executive and diplomat best known for his association with the Pittsburgh Steelers, an American football team in the National Football League (NFL), and son of the Steelers' ...

, the former owner of the

Pittsburgh Steelers The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh. The Steelers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. Founded in , the Steel ...

and chairman of the NFL's diversity committee when the policy was created in 2003.

Artistic gymnastics

Amanar Yurchenko, also known as round-off entry vaults, are a family of vaults performed in artistic gymnastics in which the gymnast does a round-off onto the springboard and a back handspring onto the horse or vaulting table. The gymnast then perform ...

(vault) – Yurchenko family vault, roundoff on and 2 twists off, after Simona Amânar (Romania) * Araújo (balance beam (dismount)) – salto forward stretched with 2 twist, after

Heine Araújo Heine Araújo (born ) is a retired Brazilian female artistic gymnast, who represented her nation at international competitions. She participated at the 2001 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Ghent, Belgium. Eponymous skill Araújo h ...

(Brazil) * Belyavskiy (parallel bars) – double front salto dismount in piked position, after David Belyavskiy (Russia) * Blanik (vault) – handspring forward on – double piked salto forward off, after Polish artistic gymnast Leszek Blanik (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 Amanda Kathleen Borden (born May 10, 1977) is a retired American gymnast. She was the captain of the gold medal-winning United States team in the 1996 Summer Olympics, the Magnificent Seven; a team medalist at the World Championships, and a mult ...

(US) *

Bhardwaj Bhardwaj is a surname used by Brahmins and rajputs relating to sage Bharadwaja gotra in India. Notable people Notable people with the surname include Sports * Anil Bhardwaj (cricketer) (born 1954), Indian cricketer * B. M. Rahul Bharadwaj (bor ...

(uneven bars) – a backward flip (Pak salto) on the high bar with full-twist and then catches the low bar, after Mohini Bhardwaj (US) * Bhavsar (still rings) – pull through momentary, front lever press to Maltese, after Raj Bhavsar (US) * Bhavsar (parallel bars) – long hang swing forward, straddle cut backward, and regrasp with straight body at horizontal (Tippelt to long hang swing), after Raj Bhavsar (US) * Bi turn (uneven bars) – after

Bi Wenjing Bi Wenjing (; born 1981) is a Chinese gymnast. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, winning a silver medal in uneven bars The uneven bars or asymmetric bars is an artistic gymnastics apparatus. It is made of a steel frame. ...

(China) * Biles (floor exercise) – double layout with turn, after Simone Biles (US) * Biles 2 (floor exercise) – triple-twisting double back tucked somersault, after Simone Biles (US) * Biles (vault) — Yurchenko on into laid-out salto with 2/1 twists off, after Simone Biles (US) * Biles (balance beam (dismount)) – double-twisting double back tucked somersault, after Simone Biles (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 Simone Biles (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 (US) * Bretschneider (horizontal bar) – release with double-twisting double back tucked somersault over bar before regrasp, after Andreas Bretschneider (Germany) *

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(pommel horse) – scissors with turn to handstand, pirouette and straddle back down, after Casey Bryan (US) * Bulimar (floor exercise) – a Johnson leap (switch leap with turn to side position) with additional full turn, after Diana Bulimar (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 routine ...

(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 2 ...

(China) * Chusovitina (floor exercise) – full-twisting double layout salto, after Oksana Chusovitina (USSR, Germany, Uzbekistan) * Chusovitina (vault) – handspring forward on – piked salto with full twist off, after Oksana Chusovitina (USSR, Germany, Uzbekistan) * Chusovitina 2 (vault) - handspring forward on - laid out salto with 1 1/2 twist off, after Oksana Chusovitina (USSR, Germany, Uzbekistan) * Chow–Khorkina or Khorkina–Chow (uneven bars) – Stalder 1 pirouette, after

Amy Chow Amy Yuen Yee Chow (Chinese: 周婉儀; pinyin: Zhōu Wǎnyí; born May 15, 1978) is an American former artistic gymnast who competed at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. She is best known for being a member of the Magnificent Seven, which ...

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(US) * Comaneci salto (uneven bars) – front support on high bar, cast with salto forward straddle to hang on high bar, after Nadia Comăneci (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 an ...

(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 Ol ...

(US) * Dawes (uneven bars) – back giant with 1 turn in handstand, after Dominique Dawes (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 (BE) and Georgia-Mae Fenton (UK) * Diomidov (parallel bars) – swing forward with a full turn on one arm to handstand, after

Sergei Diomidov Sergey Viktorovich Diomidov (russian: Сергей Викторович Диомидов; born 9 July 1943) is a Soviet former Gymnastics, gymnast who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics. He won team silver medals ...

(USSR) * Dos Santos (floor exercise) – Arabian double pike ( turn to double front somersault in piked position), after

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(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 (US) * Downie (Uneven bars) - stalder backward on high bar with counter pike – reverse hecht over high bar to hang, after

Rebecca Downie Rebecca "Becky" Downie (born 24 January 1992 in Nottingham) is a British artistic gymnast who competed at the 2008 and 2016 Summer Olympics. She is a double European champion (2014 and 2016) and 2014 Commonwealth Games champion on the uneven ba ...

(Great Britain) * Drăgulescu (vault) – handspring double front tucked somersault with turn, after Marian Drăgulescu (Romania) * Drăgulescu piked (vault) – officially named the ''Ri Se Gwang 2'' originated by

Ri Se Gwang Ri Se-gwang (; born January 21, 1985) is a retired North Korean artistic gymnast, representing the April 25 Sports Club. He is often considered a specialist on vault apparatus in the sport of men’s artistic gymnastics (MAG). Career Ri was t ...

of North Korea; 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 Marian Drăgulescu (România) and

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

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(Croatia) * Fan (uneven bars (dismount)) - from L-grip swing backwards, (180 degree) turn to double salto

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(China) * Ferrari (floor exercise) – a ring tour jete with turn and a landing on both feet, after Vanessa Ferrari (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 Kelly Garrison-Funderburk, formerly known as Kelly Garrison-Steves (born July 5, 1967), is a retired American artistic gymnast. An elite gymnast for eight years, she represented the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea ...

(US) * Garrison (balance beam) – free shoulder roll forward to stand or tuck stand without hand support, after

(US) * Garrison 2 (balance beam) – from an extended tuck sit, Valdez swing over backward through horizontal plane with support on one arm, after

(US) * Garrison 3 (balance beam) – round-off, tucked full mount, after

(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 (US) * Gaylord 2 (horizontal bar) – back giant into a layout Gienger (back salto turn) over bar to regrasp – a back somersault over bar, after Mitch Gaylord (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) *

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(floor exercise) – quadruple spin, after Elena Gómez (Spain) * Grigoraş (balance beam) – after

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(Romania) *

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(horizontal bar) – a double salto backwards in layout, with full twist over the bar, after Daniel Hayden (US) *

Henrich Henrich is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Adam Henrich (born 1984), Canadian former ice hockey player * Allison Henrich (born 1980), American mathematician * Bernhard Henrich, set decorator * Bobby ...

(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 Christina "Christy" Renée Henrich (July 18, 1972 – July 26, 1994) was an American artistic gymnast. Her death from anorexia nervosa at age 22 led to major reforms in the way women's gymnastics is covered on television and in the news media ...

(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

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(China) *

Humphrey Humphrey is both a masculine given name and a surname. An earlier form, not attested since Medieval times, was Hunfrid. Notable people with the name include: People with the given name Medieval period :''Ordered chronologically'' *Hunfrid of P ...

(floor exercise) – switch split leap forward with a turn to side split leap or straddle pike position, after Terin Humphrey (US) * Humphrey (balance beam/floor exercise) – 2 turn (900°) on one leg, in tuck stand, with free leg optional, after Terin Humphrey (US) * Hypolito (floor exercise) – Arabian double pike with a full twist, after Diego Hypólito (Brazil) *

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(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 f ...

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

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(US) * Kasamatsu (vault) – after Shigero Kasamatsu (Japan) * Kim (floor exercise) – double tucked back salto, after

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(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 (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 Svetlana Khorkina (Russia) * Khorkina (balance beam) – gainer back-handspring with full twist before hand support, after Svetlana Khorkina (Russia) * Khorkina 2 (balance beam (dismount)) – gainer 2-twisting back layout dismount to side or at the end of beam, after Svetlana Khorkina (Russia) * Khorkina 3 (balance beam (dismount)) – gainer triple-twisting back layout dismount to side or at the end of beam, after Svetlana Khorkina (Russia) * Khorkina-Chow or Chow-Khorkina (uneven bars) – Stalder 1 pirouette, after Svetlana Khorkina (Russia, also first performed by

(US)) * Khorkina (floor exercise) – hop with 1 turns to front lying support, after Svetlana Khorkina (Russia) * Khorkina (vault) – round-off, back-handspring with turn on, turn into back pike off, after Svetlana Khorkina (Russia) * Khorkina 2 (vault) – round-off, back-handspring with turn on, 1-twisting front tuck off, after Svetlana Khorkina (Russia) * Kolman (horizontal bar) – a full-twisting Kovacs with two back somersaults and one full twist over the bar, after

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(Slovenia) * Komova (uneven bars) – clear pike circle backward through handstand with flight and turn (180°) to hang on high bar, after Viktoria Komova (Russia) * Komova 2 (uneven bars) – clear pike circle backwards through handstand with flight to hang on high bar, after Viktoria Komova (Russia) * Kononenko (uneven bars) – counter straddle hecht with turn to hang on high bar in mixed L-grip, after

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(Ukraine) * Kotchetkova (balance beam) – full-twisting back-handspring, after

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(Russia) * Korbut flip (balance beam) – standing back somersault to swing down on beam, after Olga Korbut (USSR) * Korbut flip (uneven bars) – standing on the high bar, does back flip, then catches the bar, after Olga Korbut (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 (USSR) * Liukin (horizontal bar) – Tkatchev with full-twisting layout, after Valeri Liukin (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 (US) *

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(uneven bars) – after Li Li (China) * Li Li (balance beam) – 1 turns on back (balance beam), after Li Li (China) *

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(uneven bars) – straddled Jaeger caught in a mixed grip, after

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(China) * Li Ya (uneven bars (dismount)) – backward giant into an Arabian double front pike, after

(China) *

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(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

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

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(pommel horse) – after Zoltán Magyar (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

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(China) * McCool (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

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(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

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(US) * Melissanidis (vault) – a round off entry onto the vault table followed by a 2-twisting back tucked or piked somersault, after Ioannis Melissanidis (Greece) * Memmel (floor exercise) – double turn with leg held in split position (double Y-turn), after Chellsie Memmel (US) * Memmel (balance beam) – front flip with turn (Barani) in piked position, after Chellsie Memmel (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 (US) * Mitchell (floor exercise, balance beam) – triple turn (1080°) in tuck stand on one leg - free leg optional, after Lauren Mitchell (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

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(China) * Moors (uneven bars) – from underswing, with feet on bar, salto forward stretched with turn, after

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(Canada) * Moors (floor exercise) – only skill with highest D-score of I in women's gymnastics, double-twisting double back layout, after

(Canada) * Mostepanova (floor exercise) – front handspring with full twist before hand support, after

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(USSR) * Mukhina salto (floor exercise) – double salto backwards tucked or piked, with full 360 twist – after Elena Mukhina (USSR) * Mukhina (uneven bars) – Korbut flip with full twist – after Elena Mukhina (USSR) * Mustafina (uneven bars (dismount)) – 1-twisting double back tuck dismount, after Aliya Mustafina (Russia) *

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(uneven bars) – full-twisting Maloney (or Seitz) caught in a mixed grip, after Aliya Mustafina (Russia) * Mustafina (floor) – triple Y-turn, after Aliya Mustafina (Russia) * Mustafina (vault) – round-off, turn on, full twisting front off (laid out), after Aliya Mustafina (Russia) * Nabieva (uneven bars) – toe-on reverse Hecht ( Tkatchev) in the layout position, named after

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(Russia) * Nguyen (parallel bars) – a free hip circle mount from the side of the bars with turn to handstand position, after Marcel Nguyen (Germany) * Nagornyy (floor) – Triple back pike, after Nikita Nagornyy (Russia) * Okino (uneven bars (dismount)) – a free hip underswing with twist to layout back salto, after Betty Okino (US) * Okino (balance beam) – triple pirouette or triple turn, after Betty Okino (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 The O'Neill dynasty (Irish: ''Ó Néill'') are a lineage of Irish Gaelic origin, that held prominent positions and titles in Ireland and elsewhere. As kings of Cenél nEógain, they were historically the most prominent family of the Northern ...

(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 (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 ...

(balance beam (dismount)) – an Arabian double front dismount, after Carly Patterson (US) * Pegan (horizontal bar) – double front salto with turn – 180°, after

Aljaž Pegan Aljaž Pegan (born 2 June 1974) is a Slovenian gymnast. Pegan is a world and European champion on the horizontal bar, where he has a skill named after him. He also has an eponymous skill on the parallel bars. He has competed internationally sin ...

(Slovenia) * Phelps (vault) – turn onto the vault (Tsukahara) to a layout backflip with turn, after Jaycie Phelps (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 Kristie Phillips-Bannister (born March 23, 1972), formerly known as Kristie Phillips, is a retired American elite gymnast. The 1987 senior U.S. National Champion and one of the American team's strongest and most visible competitors in the mid-1980 ...

(US) * Preziosa (balance beam) – full turn with free leg held backwards with both hands, after

Elisabetta Preziosa Elisabetta Preziosa (born 21 September 1993) is a former artistic gymnast from Italy. She represented her country at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Junior career 2008 In April, Preziosa competed at the European Championships in Clermont-Ferr ...

(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 Popa (''priest'' in Romanian) may refer to: People *Alina Popa (born 1978), Romanian-Swiss, IFBB professional bodybuilder * Anatolie Popa (1896–1920), Moldavian military commander *Celestina Popa (born 1970), Romanian, artistic gymnast *Constanti ...

(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 (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 (Russia) *

Ray Ray may refer to: Fish * Ray (fish), any cartilaginous fish of the superorder Batoidea * Ray (fish fin anatomy), a bony or horny spine on a fin Science and mathematics * Ray (geometry), half of a line proceeding from an initial point * Ray (g ...

(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 ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

(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 (US) * Ri Se Gwang (vault) – currently one of only five vaults with highest official D-score of 6.0; full-twisting double Tsukahara, after

(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

(North Korea) *

Roth Roth may refer to: Places Germany * Roth (district), in Bavaria, Germany ** Roth, Bavaria, capital of that district ** Roth (electoral district), a federal electoral district * Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany: ** Roth an der Our, in the district B ...

(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 (Russia) * Semenova (balance beam) – full spin with leg in back attitude, after Ksenia Semenova (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 Elisabeth Seitz (born 4 November 1993) is a German artistic gymnast. She is the 2022 European champion and the 2018 World bronze medalist on the uneven bars. She is one of the only female gymnasts in history to compete the Def (full-twisting Gi ...

(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 (USSR) * Shewfelt (vault) – aka ''Amanar'' for women, Yurchenko stretched with 2 twists, after Kyle Shewfelt (Canada) * Shirai or Shirai-Nguyen (floor exercise) – quadruple-twisting layout backwards, after

apan, also first performed by Nguyen Tuan Dat (Vietnam)*

Shirai 2 Shirai (written: or ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese karateka, teaching in Italy *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese manga artist and writer *, Japanese gymnast *, Japan ...

(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

Kim Hee Hoon (South Korea)">apan, also first performed by Kim Hee Hoon (South Korea)*

(vault) – round-off, back-handspring (Yurchenko) with 3-twisting layout; one of only 5 vaults with highest official D-score of 6.0, after

(Japan, 1st time successfully completed in competition –

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

in Rio de Janeiro) * 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 (Switzerland) * Steingruber (balance beam) - Gainer layout salto with full twist from end of beam, after Giulia Steingruber (Switzerland) * Stroescu (floor exercise) – stretched forward salto with 2 twists, (mistakenly named) after

Silvia Stroescu Silvia Alexandra Stroescu (born 8 May 1985 in Bucharest, Romania) is a Romanian artistic gymnast. She is an Olympic, world, and European gold medalist with the team. Early life and career She was one of the most successful junior gymnast of he ...

(Romania) * Strong (uneven bars) – shoot over to low bar with 1 twists, after

Lori Strong Lori Strong (born 12 September 1972) is a Canadian former artistic gymnast who represented her country at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics. She is the 1990 Commonwealth Games all around, floor exercise, and beam champion. In 2000, she became a g ...

(Canada) * Strong (Lori) hop (balance beam) – after

(Canada) * Strug (floor exercise) – a tour jete with additional turn and landing on both feet, after Kerri Strug (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 (France) *

Thomas flair The ''flare'' is an acrobatic move in which the performer alternates balancing the torso between either arm while swinging the legs beneath in continuous circles. It is a fundamental b-boying/bgirl power move, and in gymnastics it may be performed ...

(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 t ...

(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 (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 (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 Laura Antoinette van Leeuwen (born 22 April 1986 in The Hague) is a Dutch gymnast. Van Leeuwen competed in the all around, however the uneven bars and vault are her best disciplines. Career Her first notable moments came in 1999 when she took pa ...

(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 (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 Yang Hak-seon ( ; born 6 December 1992) is a South Korean artistic gymnast who specialises in the vault. He is the first South Korean gymnast to win an Olympic gold medal. Personal life According to his Olympic profile, Yang started his gymn ...

(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

(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 , 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 ...

(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 (Russia) * Zamolodchikova (balance beam) – flic-flac or back-handspring with full twist to hip circle backwards, after Elena Zamolodchikova (Russia) * Yarotska (uneven bars) – Stalder hecht from low bar to high bar, after Irina Yarotska (Ukraine) * Zanetti (still rings) – from hanging scale rearways press to planche, after Arthur Zanetti (Brazil) * Zonderland (parallel bars) – 1 Diamadov to one bar immediate Healy to both bars, after Epke Zonderland (Netherlands)

Association football

* Panenka penalty kick – after Antonín Panenka (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 most ...

(France) * Cuauteminha/Blanco Hop – after Cuauhtémoc Blanco (Mexico) *

Bosman ruling ''Union Royale Belge des Sociétés de Football Association ASBL v Jean-Marc Bosman'' (1995) C-415/93 (known as the Bosman ruling) is a 1995 European Court of Justice decision concerning freedom of movement for workers, freedom of association ...

– after Jean-Marc Bosman (Belgium) * Cruijff Turn – after Johan Cruijff (Netherlands) * Makelele role - After Claude Makelele *

Jomo Cosmos Jomo Cosmos are a South African association football club based in Johannesburg that plays in the National First Division. The club is owned and coached by South African football legend Jomo Sono. In the 2021-2022 National First Division sea ...

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

* Fosbury Flop – a high jump style, named after Dick Fosbury (US) *

Volzing Volzing is a now illegal technique in the pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over ...

– a now illegal pole vault technique, named after

Dave Volz David Volz (born May 2, 1962) is a retired American pole vaulter, who finished fifth at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. In addition, he won a bronze medal at the 1985 Summer Universiade. With 5.75 meters in 1982, Volz and Jean-Michel Bell ...

(US)

Baseball

Maddux (statistic) A Maddux, in baseball statistics, is when a pitcher throws a shutout of nine or more innings with fewer than 100 pitches. Writer Jason Lukehart invented the statistic in 2012 and named it after his favorite baseball player, Greg Maddux. , Greg Mad ...

- named after

Greg Maddux Gregory Alan Maddux (born April 14, 1966) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for four teams. Maddux is best known for his accomplishments while playing for the Atlanta Braves ...

(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 (US) * Pesky's pole – named after Johnny Pesky (US) * Tal's Hill – named after Tal Smith (US) *

Tommy John surgery Ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction, colloquially known as Tommy John surgery (TJS), is a surgical graft procedure where the ulnar collateral ligament in the medial elbow is replaced with either a tendon from elsewhere in the patient's bo ...

– named after Tommy John (US) * Ruthian – a term for a longer home run, named after Babe Ruth (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 Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon (; ; born January 21, 1963), nicknamed "the Dream", is a Nigerian Americans, Nigerian-American former professional basketball player. From 1984 to 2002, he played Center (basketball), center in the National Basketball Ass ...

, nicknamed "The Dream", considered one of the most unguardable moves in NBA history. * Elam Ending – a method for ending games once a specified target score is reached; currently used in The Basketball Tournament, the NBA All-Star Game, and the

Canadian Elite Basketball League The Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) is a men's professional minor league basketball organization. The CEBL was founded in 2017 and began play in 2019 with six teams competing all owned and operated by ownership group Canadian Basketball ...

. Named for its creator, Ball State University professor Nick Elam. *Ewing Theory – an idea popularized by basketball analyst

Bill Simmons William John Simmons III (born September 25, 1969) is an American sports analyst, author, podcaster, and former sports writer who is the founder and CEO of the sports and pop culture website '' The Ringer''. Simmons first gained attention with ...

, 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 The New York Knickerbockers, shortened and more commonly referred to as the New York Knicks, are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The Knicks compete in the National Basketball Associat ...

legend Patrick Ewing's Achilles tendon 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 t ...

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 The Dallas Mavericks (often referred to as the Mavs) are an American professional basketball team based in Dallas. The Mavericks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Western Conference (NBA), Western Conferenc ...

coach

Don Nelson Donald Arvid Nelson (born May 15, 1940) is an American former professional basketball player and head coach. Nelson is second all-time in regular season wins of any coach in NBA history, with 1,335 (he held the record for most wins for almost 12 ...

's use of the tactic against

Shaquille O'Neal Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal ( ; born March 6, 1972), known commonly as "Shaq" ( ), is an American former professional basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program ''Inside the NBA''. O'Neal is regarded as one of the greates ...

, although the strategy was originally used against Dennis Rodman. * The Shammgod – a style of crossover popularized by former NBA player

God Shammgod god Shammgod (born April 29, 1976, and formerly known as Shammgod Wells) is an American basketball coach and former professional player. He is currently a player development coach with the Dallas Mavericks. He played in the NBA with the Washingto ...

, widely considered one of the greatest ball-handlers of all time.

Brazilian jiu-jitsu Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ; pt, jiu-jitsu brasileiro ) is a self-defence martial art and combat sport based on grappling, ground fighting (ne-waza) and submission holds. BJJ focuses on the skill of taking an opponent to the ground, control ...

D'Arce choke Arm triangle choke, side choke, or head and arm choke are generic terms describing blood chokeholds in which the opponent is strangled in between their own shoulder and the practitioner's arm. This is as opposed to the regular triangle choke, whic ...

* De la Riva Guard * Ezequiel choke * Kimura Lock

Boxing

Ali shuffle Muhammad Ali is widely regarded by many boxing commentators and historians as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time. Boxing magazine '' The Ring'' named him number 1 in a 1998 ranking of greatest heavyweights from all eras. In 1999, ''T ...

– named after

Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali (; born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and activist. Nicknamed "The Greatest", he is regarded as one of the most significant sports figures of the 20th century, a ...

(US) * Queensberry rules – after John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry (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 striki ...

*Bosie (alternative name for a googly) – after Bernard Bosanquet (England) * Kolpak – a Slovak team handball player whose victory in the

European Court of Justice The European Court of Justice (ECJ, french: Cour de Justice européenne), formally just the Court of Justice, is the supreme court of the European Union in matters of European Union law. As a part of the Court of Justice of the European Un ...

opened the door to numerous non-English players in English

county cricket Inter-county cricket matches are known to have been played since the early 18th century, involving teams that are representative of the historic counties of England and Wales. Since the late 19th century, there have been two county championship ...

, term also used in both codes of rugby, after

Maroš Kolpak Maroš Kolpak (born 23 March 1971) is a Slovak handball goalkeeper and coach. Kolpak played 71 national team games for Slovakia. His legal actions in Germany set a precedent for professional sports in Europe, known as the Kolpak ruling, which ha ...

(Slovakia) * Mankading – after

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 ...

(India) *

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 posit ...

– after

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 Limited overs cricket, also known as one-day cricket or white ball cricket, is a version of the sport of cricket in which a match is generally completed in one day. There are a number of formats, including List A cricket (8-hour games), Twenty ...

match interrupted by weather or other circumstances. Originally the Duckworth–Lewis method, after Frank Duckworth (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 Cr ...

(Wales); after the two retired,

Steven Stern Steven Stern is a Professor of Data Science at the Bond Business School, Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia. He is the current custodian of Duckworth–Lewis method (D/L method), the mathematical formulation designed to calculate the target ...

(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 England women's cricket team, English cricketer. She was the first cricketer for England to take a hat-trick (cricket), hat-trick in a Women's Twenty20 International match. The "Nutmeg ( ...

. It is an inventive shot against yorkers.

Croquet

*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 Disc golf, also known as frisbee golf, is a flying disc sport in which players throw a disc at a target; it is played using rules similar to golf. Most disc golf discs are made out of polypropylene plastic, otherwise known as polypropene, which ...

*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

* Axel jump – after Axel Paulsen (Norway) *

Besti squat A Besti squat is a figure skating move. It is similar to the 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 knees are bent outwards into a ...

– after

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 part ...

(Russia) * Biellmann spin – after

Denise Biellmann Denise Biellmann (born 11 December 1962) is a Swiss professional figure skater. She was the European and World Champion in 1981 and won the Swiss Championships three times. Career Amateur career Born in Zurich, Biellmann won her first in ...

(Switzerland) *

Charlotte spiral The Charlotte (pronounced ''shar-lot'') spiral, also known as the candle stick, is a figure skating spiral. The skater bends forward and glides on one leg with the other one lifted into the air. The skater's torso is upright, but during the Charl ...

– after Charlotte Oelschlagel (Germany) * Ina Bauer – after Ina Bauer (Germany) * Kerrigan spiral – after Nancy Kerrigan (US) * Lutz jump – after Alois Lutz (Austria) * Salchow jump, – after Ulrich Salchow (Sweden) * Loop jump – in some countries (Germany and Poland, for example) this jump is called a Rittberger, after Werner Rittberger (Germany) * 'Tano Lutz – after Brian Boitano (US) * Walley jump – after Nate Walley (US) * Kayla Catch – after Kayla Doig (Australia) * Rippon Lutz – after Adam Rippon (US)

Golf

Stimpmeter The Stimpmeter is a device used to measure the speed of a golf course putting green by applying a known velocity to a golf ball and measuring the distance traveled in feet. History It was designed in 1935 by golfer Edward S. Stimpson, Sr. (1904– ...

- a device to measure the speed of putting greens, named after Edward S. Stimpson, Sr.

Ice hockey

*The Datsyuk – after a particular move by

Pavel Datsyuk Pavel Valerievich Datsyuk (, ; born 20 July 1978) is a Russian former professional ice hockey player. Datsyuk was nicknamed the "Magic Man" honoring his incredible stickhandling and creativity with the puck. From 2001 to 2016, he played for the ...

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

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

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(Canada), but made famous by Denis Savard (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

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. (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 (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 (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

*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 (Canada)

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* Gurney flap and Gurney Bubble – named after Dan Gurney (United States)

Pickleball Pickleball is an indoor or outdoor racket/paddle sport where two players (singles), or four players (doubles), hit a perforated hollow polymer ball over a net using solid-faced paddles. Opponents on either side of the net hit the ball back and ...

*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 Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous and coord ...

*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 Alexandra Alexandrovna Timoshenko, or Olexandra Olexandrivna Tymoshenko, ( uk, Олександра Олександрівна Тимошенко; born 18 February 1972) is a former Ukrainian individual Rhythmic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnast who co ...

(Soviet Union, Ukraine) *The Ralenkova – Rotation on the back, legs close, without support of the hand, after

Anelia Ralenkova Anelia Ralenkova ( bg, Анелия Раленкова; born December 25, 1963) became one of Bulgaria's most distinctive rhythmic gymnasts. She is one of the "Golden Girls" of Bulgaria that dominated rhythmic gymnastics in the 1980s. Biogra ...

(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 (Russia) *The Kabaeva I – Ring leap with both legs, after Alina Kabaeva (Russia) *The Kabaeva II – Backscale Pivots; Front split trunk bent back below horizontal from standing position or from the position on the floor, after Alina Kabaeva (Russia) *The Kabaeva III – Balance with support on the chest, after Alina Kabaeva (Russia) *The Kabaeva IV – Split with hand support; also with jump preparation, after Alina Kabaeva (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 (Russia) *The Tchachina II – Reverse illusion turns, after Irina Tchachina (Russia) *The Tchachina III – Split balance from standing to kneeling position without hand support on the free leg or trunk side at horizontal, after Irina Tchachina (Russia) *The Utyasheva – backsplit to backscale to backsplit pivot with help, after

Lyasan Utiasheva Lyasan Albertovna Utiasheva (russian: link=no, Ляйсан Альбертовна Утяшева, ba, Ләйсән Альберт ҡыҙы Үтәшева, born 28 June 1985) is a Russian TV show host, socialite, and former individual rhythmic ...

(Russia) *The Gizikova I – Front split balance with support passing the free leg into back split balance with support, after

Zarina Gizikova Zarina Mayramovna Gizikova (russian: Зарина Майрамовна Гизикова; born 20 June 1985 in Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia, Russian Federation) is a Russian retired individual rhythmic gymnast, an Honored Master of Sports of Russ ...

(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

(Russia) *The Kanaeva I – Ring Pivots (ring pivot spiral also known as "Kanaeva Pivot", quadruple/triple ring turn, quadruple queen pivot) – after Evgenia Kanaeva (Russia) *The Kanaeva II – Switch Turn, after Evgenia Kanaeva (Russia) *The Kanaeva III – Rotation on the stomach, legs in split, without support of the hand, after Evgenia Kanaeva (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 revolutions (pivot turn with forward free leg to half free leg position), after

Daria Kondakova Daria Vladimirovna Kondakova (russian: Дарья Владимировна Кондакова; born 30 July 1991) is a Russian retired individual rhythmic gymnast. She is a three-time ( 2011, 2010, 2009) World all-around silver medalist, the ...

(Russia) *The Dmitrieva – Pivot connecting turns (attitude turns + ring pivot turn with help) – after

Daria Dmitrieva Darya Andreyevna Dmitriyeva ( rus, Дарья Андреевна Дмитриева, , ˈdarʲɪ̯ə ˈdmʲitrʲɪ(ɪ̯)ɪvə; born 22 June 1993) is a Russian rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2012 Olympic all-around silver medalist, the 2010 Worl ...

(Russia) *The Raffaeli – Side split pivot without help, trunk side at horizontal on relevé with free leg bent – after Sofia Raffaeli (Italy) *The Staniouta – cossack turn starting on floor + connecting penché turn, after Melitina Staniouta (Belarus) *The Kudry I – back bend to roll over apparatus catch, 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 Champi ...

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

(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 Lala Dmitrievna Kramarenko (russian: Лала Дмитриевна Крамаренко, born December 6, 2004) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2019 junior world champion in ball and clubs and the 2018 European junior champi ...

(Russia) *The Ashram – back-bend turn on floor with help, after Linoy Ashram (Israel) *The Trubnikova – side split without support, trunk side at horizontal, passing to front split, trunk bent back below horizontal, after

Daria Trubnikova Daria Sergeyevna Trubnikova (russian: Дарья Сергеевна Трубникова, born 2003) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2018 European Junior Clubs and Team champion. On national level she is a 2018 Russi ...

(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 (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 (Ukraine) *The Elkatib – Front split with or without help. Also trunk back at the horizontal position, after

Alia Yassin Elkatib Alia Yassin Elkatib (born 1995) was an Egyptian individual rhythmic gymnast. She represented her nation at international competitions. She competed at world championships, including at the 2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships The 2011 W ...

(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 Toky ...

(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 (Russia)

Rugby league

* Sonny-Billed – to have a hard driving tackle performed on someone, named after

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(New Zealand) who consistently performed these tackles * Hopoate – named after John Hopoate (Tonga)

Skiing

* Gundersen method – in Nordic combined, the point time differential set up between the ski jumping and

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portions of the event, after skier

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(Norway)

Speed Skating

*To do a Bradbury – to win a contest or race as the one standing, after

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n short track speed skater

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(Australia) won his

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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

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(officially Aorangi Terrace; many other nicknames) – after Tim Henman (Great Britain)

Trampoline Gymnastics

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

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*Callahan – after Henry Callahan (US)

U.S. college sports

* Russell Rule – a variation of the Rooney Rule adopted in 2020 by the

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, with the WCC version named for Bill Russell.

Weightlifting

*The van Dam Lift – after Rob Van Dam (US)

Wrestling

*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 – after Dan Gable (US)

References

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