List of sports terms named after people

Artistic Gymnastics

* Amanar (vault), after Simona Amanar (Romania).
* Borden (balance beam)- straddle pike jump done from a sideways position on the beam with a ½ or ¾ turn, after Amanda Borden (USA)
* Bhardwaj (uneven bar), after Mohini Bhardwaj (USA).
* Bhavsar (rings)-pull through momentary, front lever press to Maltese, after Raj Bhavsar (USA).
* Bi - Turn (uneven bars), after Bi Wenjing (China).
* Brause (uneven bars)-done from the low bar facing away from the high bar, with a cast to front salto forward and catching the high bar, after Doris Fuchs-Brause (USA)
* Bryan (pommel horse)-scissors with ½ turn to handstand, ½ pirouette and straddle back down,after Casey Bryan. (USA)
* Cassina (horizontal bar), after Igor Cassina (Italy).
* Cheng Fei- Yurchenko 1/2 on - 1 1/2 twist off(vault), after Cheng Fei (China).
* Chow/Khorkina (unven bars)-Stalder 1 1/2 pirouette and Chow II (unven bars)-Stalder to Shaposhnikova, after Amy Chow (USA)
* Comaneci salto (uneven bars), after Nadia Comaneci (Romania).
* Dagget (pommel horse)-scissor backward with ½ counterturn, after Tim Dagget (USA)
* Dawes (uneven bars)-back giant with 1 ½ turn in the handstand, after Dominique Dawes (USA)
* Diomidov (parallel bars), after Sergei Diomidov (USSR).
* Dos Santos (floor) and Dos Santos II (floor), after Daiane dos Santos (Brazil).
* Fontaine (uneven bars dismount)-double somersaulting dismount is a back tuck with ½ twist into a front, after Larissa Fontaine.

* Garrison (floor)-cat leap forward with bent legs and 1 ½ turn, Garrison (balance beam)- free shoulder roll forward to stand or tuck stand without hand support, Garrison (balance beam)-starts from an extended tuck sit, Valdez swing over backward through horizontal plane with support on one arm and Garrison (balance beam)-round-off, tucked full mount, after Kelly Garrison (USA)
* Gatson (parallel bars)-a swing backward with full turn hop to handstand, after Jason Gatson (USA).
* Gaylord I (horizontal bar)-front giant into a one-and-one-half front salto over the bar to regrasp – a front somersault in tuck, pike or straddled position over the bar, after Gaylord II (horizontal bar)-back giant into a layout Gienger (back salto, ½ ) over the bar to regrasp – a front somersault in tuck, pike or straddled position over the bar., after Mitch Gaylord (USA).
* Gienger salto (high bar, uneven bars), after Eberhard Gienger (Germany).
* Grigoraş (beam), after Cristina Elena Grigoraş (Romania).
* Hayden (horizontal bar)-a double salto backward in layout, with full twist over the bar, after Daniel Hayden (USA)
* Henrich (balance beam)-a stag-split,r split leap or jump forward with ½ 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 (USA)
* Hindorff (uneven bars), after Sylvia Hindorff (GDR).
* Humphrey (floor)-switch split leap forward with a ¼ turn to side split leap or straddle pike position, after Terin Humphrey (USA)
* Hypolito (floor), after Diego Hypolito (Brazil).
* Jäger-salto (high bar, uneven bars), after Bernd Jäger (GDR).
* Janz Salto (uneven bars), after Karin Janz. (GDR)
* Johnson (floor)-a switch-split leap forward with leg change and ¼ turn to side split leap or straddle pike position, after Brandy Johnson (USA)
* Kasamatsu (vault), after Shigero Kasamatsu (Japan).
* Khorkina I (uneven bars), Khorkina II (uneven bars), Khorkina (balance beam), Khorkina/Chow (uneven bars), Khorkina (floor), Khorkina I (vault) and Khorkina II (vault), after Svetlana Khorkina (Russia).
* Korbut Flip (balance beam)-standing back somersault, Korbut Flip (uneven bars)-standing on the high bar, does back flip, then catches the bar, after Olga Korbut (USSR).
* Liukin (balance beam), after Nastia Liukin (USA)
* Liukin (floor), after Valeri Liukin (USSR)
* Li Li - German Giant (uneven bar), Li Li - 1 1/4 turn on back (balance beam), after Li Li (China).
* Li Ya - salto (uneven bar), Li Ya - dismount after Li Ya (China).
* Mukhina Salto (floor) - double salto forward tucked or piked, with full 360 twist - named after Elena Mukhina.
* Magyar walk (pommel horse), after Zoltan Magyar (Hungary).
* Maloney (uneven bars)-a pike sole circle backward to handstand with a 360° turn after the handstand phase to mixed-L or L grip and Maloney (uneven bars)-begins from an inner front support on the low bar and consists of a pike sole circle backward through a handstand with flight to a hang on the high bar, after Kristin Maloney (USA)
* Ma dismount (uneven bar)-a hecht-front salto-full, after Ma Yanhong (China).
* McCool (balance beam)-The 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 (USA)
* McNamara (uneven bars (mount))- a jump to hang on the high bar into a free hip circle to handstand with 1/2 turn in the handstand, after Julianne McNamara (USA)
* Melissanidis (vault)-A round-off entry onto the vault table and after blocking off the vault table, rotates a 2 ½ back somersault, after Melissanidis (Greece)
* Miller (balance beam)-a back dive with a quarter twist to a handstand, followed by a half pirouette and Miller (uneven bars)-a cast to handstand, with a 1 ½ turn after the handstand to a mixed-L grip, after Shannon Miller (USA).
* Mo - salto (uneven bar), after Mo Huilan (China).
* Okino (uneven bars (dismount))-a free hip underswing with ½ twist to layout back salto and Okino (balance beam)- triple pirouette (triple turn), after Elizabeth (Bettty) Okino
* Omelianchik (balance beam) and Omelianchik (vault), after Oksana Omelianchik (USSR).
* O'Neill (still rings)- a stretched double feige backward to a hang, after Paul O'Neill (USA)
* Onodi (balance beam), after Henrietta Onodi (Hungary).
* Pak Salto (uneven bars)-the high bar, does a backward flip, and catches the low bar, after Gyong Sil Pak (North Korea)
* Patterson (balance beam), after Carly Patterson (USA).
* Phelps (vault)- half twist on, half twist off into a front layout, after Jaycie Phelps) (USA)
* Phillps (balance beam)-A handstand straddle split, with a 90 degree backbend, originally performed on the balance beam and press to side handstand, front walkover to side stand on both legs, after Kristie Phillps) (USA)
* Podkopayeva (vault), Podkopayeva floor) - double front somersault with a 1/2 twist, after Lilia Podkopayeva (Ukraine).
* Popa (floor) - straddle pike jump with 1/1 turn (360°), after Celestina Popa (Romania)
* Ray (uneven bars)- a stalder backward with release and counter movement forward to catch the high bar, Ray (uneven bars)- a handstand on the high bar to a pike sole circle backward into a backward counter straddle-reverse hecht over over the high bar and a recatch and Ray (uneven bars (dismount))- An double twisting double layout uneven bar dismount, after Elise Ray (USA)
* The Retton Flip (uneven bars)-a transition (front flip) from low- to high-bar, resulting in the gymnast perched or "sitting" on top of the high bar, after Mary Lou Retton (USA)
* Roth (pommel horse)- from a cross support, rearways, reverse Stockli, wendeswing forward to reverse Stockli to cross support forward on other end, without touching pommels, after Bill Roth (USA)
* Shaposhnikova (uneven bars), after Natalia Shaposhnikova (USSR).
* Shushunova (floor), after Yelena Shushunova (Russia).
* Silivaş mount (balance beam) and Silivaş (floor), after Daniela Silivaş (Romania)
* Strong (uneven bars) and Lori hop (balance beam), after Lori Strong
* Strug (floor)-a tour jete with additional ½ turn and a landing on both feet, after Kerri Strug (USA)
* Talavera (balance beam)-pommel horse like move with the circle done like a flair, after Tracee Talavera
* Teza (balance beam)- Yurchenko loop is performed with a full twisting handspring, after Elvire Teza (France)
* Thomas flair (pommel horse, floor exercise),Thomas (floor)-a 1 ½ salto backward in a tucked or piked position with 1 ½ twists and,Thomas (floor)- 1 ½ salto backward in a layout (straight) position with 1 ½ twists, after Kurt Thomas (USA).
* Tkachev (uneven bars), after Alexander Tkachyov (USSR).
* Tsukahara (vault), after Mitsuo Tsukahara (Japan).
* Wang Huiying - Front Handspring layout barani (vault), after Wang Huiying (China).
* Wells (parallel bars)-a giant swing backward with in-locate forward, after Trent Wells
* White (uneven bars)-a front stalder into an L-grip to handstand with ½ turn in handstand, after Morgan White
* Yang Bo (balance beam), after Yang Bo (China).
* Yurchenko (vault) and Yurchenko loop (balance beam), after Natalia Yurchenko (USSR).

[edit] Association Football

* Bosman ruling, after Jean-Marc Bosman (Belgium).
* Cruijff Turn, after Johan Cruijff (Netherlands).
* Makélélé role (alternative name for a defensive midfielder), after Claude Makélélé (France).
* a la Meazza, after Giuseppe Meazza (Italy).
* a la Piola, after Silvio Piola (Italy).
* Stanley Matthews move, after Sir Stanley Matthews {England).
* Ronaldihno Move (alternative name for elastico), after Ronaldinho (Brazil) who popularized the move invented by Roberto Rivelino (Brazil).
* Jay Jay Okocha Move, after Jay-Jay Okocha (Nigeria).
* Robinho pull back, after Robinho (Brazil).
* Rivelino step over and Turn after Roberto Rivelino (Brazil).
* Juan Riquelme move, after Juan Román Riquelme (Argentina).
* Ferenc Puskás move, after Ferenc Puskás (Hungary)
* Diego Maradona move (alternative name for 360-spin), after Diego Maradona (Argentina).
* Kerlon's Seal dribble, after Kerlon (Brazil).

[edit] Athletics (track and field)

* Fosbury flop, after Dick Fosbury (USA).

[edit] Baseball

* Mendoza Line, named after Mario Mendoza.
* Pesky's pole, named after Johnny Pesky.
* Tal's Hill, named after Tal Smith.
* Tommy John surgery, named after Tommy John.

[edit] Basketball

* Ewing Theory, a term popularized by Bill Simmons named after Patrick Ewing
* Hack-a-Shaq, named after Shaquille O'Neal
* Jordan Rules, named after Michael Jordan
* Larry Bird Exception, named after Larry Bird
* Trent Tucker Rule, named after Trent Tucker


[edit] Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

* Kimura Lock

[edit] Boxing

* Queensberry rules, after John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry (United Kingdom).

[edit] Cricket

* Bosie (alternative name for a googly), after Bernard Bosanquet (England).
* Kolpak, after Maroš Kolpak, a Slovak team handball 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.)
* Mankading, after Vinoo Mankad (India).
* Marillier shot, after Doug Marillier (Zimbabwe).

[edit] Figure Skating

* Axel jump, after Axel Paulsen (Norway).
* Besti squat, after Natalia Bestemianova (Russia).
* Biellmann spin, after Denise Biellmann (Switzerland).
* Charlotte spiral, after Charlotte Oelschlagel (Germany).
* Ina Bauer, after Ina Bauer (Germany).
* Kerrigan spiral, after Nancy Kerrigan (USA).
* 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 (USA).
* Walley jump, after Nate Walley (USA).
* Kayla Catch, after Kayla Doig (Australia).

[edit] Ice Hockey

* The Datsyuk, after a particular move by Pavel Datsyuk (Russia).
* Gordie Howe hat trick, after Gordie Howe (Canada).
* Lemieux cycle, after Mario Lemieux (Canada).
* Savard spin-o-rama (or Savardian spin-o-rama), originally named after Serge Savard (Canada), but made famous by Denis Savard (Canada).

[edit] Rhythmic Gymnastics

* Timochenko[citation needed], after Alexandra Timoshenko (USSR).

[edit] Rugby League

* Sonny-Billed, means to have a really hard driving tackle performed on you, it is named after Sonny Bill Williams who consistently performed these tackles.
* Hopoate, named after John Hopoate


[edit] Tennis

Henman Hill AKA Aorangi Terrace after Tim Henman

[edit] Ultimate (Frisbee)

* Callahan, after Henry Callahan.

[edit] Weightlifting

* The Van Dam Lift, after Rob Van Dam (USA).

[edit] Wrestling

* Karelin lift, after Alexander Karelin (USSR/Russia).
* John Smith single, after John T. Smith (USA).