List of Sports Terms Named After People (269 items)report

• Cleveland Browns: The Cleveland Browns were named after their first coach, Paul Brown. Brown would later become the first coach of the Cincinnati Bengals, which shared the same color scheme as the Browns in part due to Brown. (American football)

• 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, the former owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers and chairman of the NFL's diversity committee when the policy was created in 2003. (American football)

• Amanar (vault) – Yurchenko family vault, roundoff on and 2​¹⁄₂ twists off, after Simona Amânar (Romania) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Araújo (balance beam (dismount)) – salto forward stretched with 2 twist, after Heine Araújo (Brazil) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Belyavskiy (parallel bars) – double front salto dismount in piked position, after David Belyavskiy (Russia) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Blanik (vault) – handspring forward on – double piked salto forward off, after Polish artistic gymnast Leszek Blanik (Poland) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Borden (balance beam) – straddled piked jump from a side position or side split jump done on the balance beam with a ​¹⁄₂ or ​³⁄₄ turn, after Amanda Borden (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Bhardwaj (uneven bars) – a backward flip (Pak salto) on the high bar with full-twist and then catches the low bar, after Mohini Bhardwaj (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Bhavsar (still rings) – pull through momentary, front lever press to Maltese, after Raj Bhavsar (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• 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) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Bi turn (uneven bars) – after Bi Wenjing (China) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Biles (floor exercise) – double layout with ​¹⁄₂ turn, after Simone Biles (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Biles 2 (floor exercise) – triple-twisting double back tucked somersault, originated at the 2019 US National Championships and pending successful completion at an international competition to receive naming credit, after Simone Biles (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Biles (vault) — Yurchenko ​¹⁄₂ on into 2/1 twists off, after Simone Biles (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Biles (balance beam (dismount)) – double-twisting double back tucked somersault, originated at the 2019 US National Championships and pending successful completion at an international competition to receive naming credit, after Simone Biles (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• 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) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Bretschneider (horizontal bar) – release with double-twisting double back tucked somersault over bar before regrasp, after Andreas Bretschneider (Germany) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Bryan (pommel horse) – scissors with ​¹⁄₂ turn to handstand, ​¹⁄₂ pirouette and straddle back down, after Casey Bryan (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Bulimar (floor exercise) – a Johnson leap (switch leap with ​¹⁄₄ turn to side position) with additional full turn, after Diana Bulimar (Romania) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Cassina (horizontal bar) – full-twisting double layout or straight Kolman somersault over bar, after Igor Cassina (Italy) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Cheng (vault) – Yurchenko ​¹⁄₂ on into 1​¹⁄₂ twists off, after Cheng Fei (China) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Chusovitina (floor exercise) – full-twisting double layout salto, after Oksana Chusovitina (USSR, Germany, Uzbekistan) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Chusovitina (vault) – handspring forward on – piked salto with full twist off, after Oksana Chusovitina (USSR, Germany, Uzbekistan) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Chusovitina 2 (vault) - handspring forward on - laid out salto with 1 1/2 twist off, after Oksana Chusovitina (ussr, Germany, Uzbekistan) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Chow–Khorkina or Khorkina–Chow (uneven bars) – Stalder 1​¹⁄₂ pirouette, after Amy Chow [US, also first performed by Svetlana Khorkina (Russia)] (Artistic gymnastics)

• Chow 2 (uneven bars) – Stalder to Shaposhnikova, after Amy Chow (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Comaneci salto (uneven bars) – front support on high bar, cast with salto forward straddle to hang on high bar, after Nadia Comăneci (Romania) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Daggett (pommel horse) – scissor backward with ​¹⁄₂ counterturn, after Tim Daggett (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Dalton (parallel bars) – roll backward with ​¹⁄₂ turn tuck or Harada to hang, after Jacob Dalton (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Dawes (uneven bars) – back giant with 1​¹⁄₂ turn in handstand, after Dominique Dawes (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• 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) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Diomidov (parallel bars) – swing forward with a full turn on one arm to handstand, after Sergei Diomidov (USSR) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Dos Santos (floor exercise) – Arabian double pike (​¹⁄₂ turn to double front somersault in piked position), after Daiane dos Santos (Brazil) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Dos Santos 2 (floor exercise) – Arabian double layout (​¹⁄₂ turn to double front somersault laid out position), after Daiane dos Santos (Brazil) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Dowell (floor exercise) - front double piked salto Brenna Dowell (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Downie (Uneven bars) - stalder backward on high bar with counter pike – reverse hecht over high bar to hang, after Rebecca Downie (Great Britain) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Drăgulescu (vault) – handspring double front tucked somersault with ​¹⁄₂ turn, after Marian Drăgulescu (Romania) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Drăgulescu piked (vault) – officially named the Ri Se Gwang 2 originated by Ri Se Gwang 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 Ri Se Gwang of North Korea (Artistic gymnastics)

• Erceg (balance beam (mount)) – round off Arabian front tuck onto the end of the beam, after Tina Erceg (Croatia) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Fan (uneven bars (dismount)) - from L-grip swing backwards, ​¹⁄₂ (180 degree) turn to double salto Fan Yilin (China) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Ferrari (floor exercise) – a ring tour jete with ​¹⁄₂ turn and a landing on both feet, after Vanessa Ferrari (Italy) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Fontaine (uneven bars dismount) – double somersaulting dismount is a back tuck with ​¹⁄₂ twist into a front tuck, after Larissa Fontaine (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Galante (balance beam) – 1​¹⁄₂ turns with leg held in split position, after Paola Galante (Italy) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Garrison (floor exercise) – cat leap forward with bent legs and 1​¹⁄₂ turn, after Kelly Garrison (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

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

• 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) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Garrison 3 (balance beam) – round-off, tucked full mount, after Kelly Garrison (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Gatson (parallel bars) – a swing backward with full turn hop to handstand, after Jason Gatson (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Gaylord (horizontal bar) – front giant into a 1​¹⁄₂-twisting front salto over the bar to regrasp – a front somersault in tucked, piked or straddled position over the bar, after Mitch Gaylord (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Gaylord 2 (horizontal bar) – back giant into a layout Gienger (back salto ​¹⁄₂ turn) over bar to regrasp – a back somersault over bar, after Mitch Gaylord (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Gebeshian (uneven bars) – 360° turn from low to high bar known as a full twisting jump Hecht mount (uneven bars), after Houry Gebeshian (Armenia) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Gienger salto (horizontal bar) – after Eberhard Gienger (Germany) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Gienger salto (uneven bars) – after Eberhard Gienger (Germany) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Gómez (floor exercise) – quadruple spin, after Elena Gómez (Spain) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Grigoraş (balance beam) – after Cristina Elena Grigoraş (Romania) (Artistic gymnastics)

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

• Henrich (balance beam) – a stag-split, split-leap or jump forward with ​¹⁄₂ 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) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Hindorff (uneven bars) – clear hip circle to immediate Tkatchev release, after Sylvia Hindorff (East Germany) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Huang (uneven bars) – a stalder forward in L-grip with full turn to handstand, initiated on one arm before handstand, after Huang QiuShuang (China) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Humphrey (floor exercise) – switch split leap forward with a ​¹⁄₄ turn to side split leap or straddle pike position, after Terin Humphrey (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Humphrey (balance beam/floor exercise) – 2​¹⁄₂ turn (900°) on one leg, in tuck stand, with free leg optional, after Terin Humphrey (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Hypolito (floor exercise) – Arabian double pike with a full twist, after Diego Hypólito (Brazil) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Jäger salto (horizontal bar, uneven bars) – swing backwards and salto forwards to catch high bar again, after Bernd Jäger (East Germany) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Janz salto (uneven bars) – after Karin Janz (East Germany) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Johnson (floor exercise) – a switch-split leap forward with leg change and ​¹⁄₄ turn to side split leap or straddle pike position, after Brandy Johnson (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Kasamatsu (vault) – after Shigero Kasamatsu (Japan) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Kim (floor exercise) – double tucked back salto, after Nellie Kim (USSR) (Artistic gymnastics)

• 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 Kenzo Shirai (Japan)) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Khorkina (uneven bars) – back uprise and straddle flight over high bar with ​¹⁄₂ turn to hang, after Svetlana Khorkina (Russia) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Khorkina 2 (uneven bars) – inner front support on low bar, clear hip circle to handstand with ​¹⁄₂ turn in flight to hang on high bar, after Svetlana Khorkina (Russia) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Khorkina (balance beam) – gainer back-handspring with full twist before hand support, after Svetlana Khorkina (Russia) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Khorkina 2 (balance beam (dismount)) – gainer 2​¹⁄₂-twisting back layout dismount to side or at the end of beam, after Svetlana Khorkina (Russia) (Artistic gymnastics)

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

• Khorkina-Chow or Chow-Khorkina (uneven bars) – Stalder 1​¹⁄₂ pirouette, after Svetlana Khorkina (Russia, also first performed by Amy Chow (US)) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Khorkina (floor exercise) – hop with 1​¹⁄₂ turns to front lying support, after Svetlana Khorkina (Russia) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Khorkina (vault) – round-off, back-handspring with ​¹⁄₂ turn on, ​¹⁄₂ turn into back pike off, after Svetlana Khorkina (Russia) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Khorkina 2 (vault) – round-off, back-handspring with ​¹⁄₂ turn on, 1​¹⁄₂-twisting front tuck off, after Svetlana Khorkina (Russia) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Kolman (horizontal bar) – a full-twisting Kovacs with two back somersaults and one full twist over the bar, after Alojz Kolman (Slovenia) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Komova (uneven bars) – clear pike circle backward through handstand with flight and ​¹⁄₂ turn (180°) to hang on high bar, after Viktoria Komova (Russia) (Artistic gymnastics)

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

• Kononenko (uneven bars) – counter straddle hecht with ​¹⁄₂ turn to hang on high bar in mixed L-grip, after Natalia Kononenko (Ukraine) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Kotchetkova (balance beam) – full-twisting back-handspring, after Dina Kotchetkova (Russia) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Korbut flip (balance beam) – standing back somersault to swing down on beam, after Olga Korbut (USSR) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Korbut flip (uneven bars) – standing on the high bar, does back flip, then catches the bar, after Olga Korbut (USSR) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Kovacs (horizontal bar) – double back somersault over bar, after Péter Kovács (Hungary) (Artistic gymnastics)

• 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) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Liukin (horizontal bar) – Tkatchev with full-twisting layout, after Valeri Liukin (USSR) (Artistic gymnastics)

• 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) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Li Li German Giant (uneven bars) – after Li Li (China) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Li Li (balance beam) – 1​¹⁄₄ turns on back (balance beam), after Li Li (China) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Li Ya salto (uneven bars) – straddled Jaeger caught in a mixed grip, after Li Ya (China) (Artistic gymnastics)

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

• Liu Xuan salto (uneven bars) – giant circle backward to handstand on one arm, after Liu Xuan (China) (Artistic gymnastics)

• López (vault) – round-off, ​¹⁄₂ twist on, front straight somersault with ​¹⁄₂ turn off, after Denisse López (Mexico) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Magyar traverse (pommel horse) – after Zoltán Magyar (Hungary) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Magyar spindle (pommel horse) – after Zoltán Magyar (Hungary) (Artistic gymnastics)

• 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 Kristen Maloney (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• 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 Kristen Maloney (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Ma dismount (uneven bars) – a hecht-front-salto-full, after Ma Yanhong (China) (Artistic gymnastics)

• 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 Courtney McCool (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• McNamara (uneven bars (mount)) – a jump to hang on the high bar into a free hip circle to handstand with ​¹⁄₂ turn in handstand, after Julianne McNamara (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Melissanidis (vault) – a round off entry onto the vault table followed by a 2​¹⁄₂-twisting back tucked or piked somersault, after Ioannis Melissanidis (Greece) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Memmel (floor exercise) – double turn with leg held in split position (double Y-turn), after Chellsie Memmel (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Memmel (balance beam) – front flip with ​¹⁄₂ turn (Barani) in piked position, after Chellsie Memmel (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Mikulak (pommel horse) – full scissors from one end of the pommel horse to the other, after Samuel Mikulak (Artistic gymnastics)

• Miller (uneven bars) – cast to handstand with 1​¹⁄₂ turn after handstand to mixed-L grip, after Shannon Miller (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Mitchell (floor exercise, balance beam) – triple turn (1080°) in tuck stand on one leg - free leg optional, after Lauren Mitchell (Australia) (Artistic gymnastics)

• 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) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Mo salto (uneven bars) – Gaylord 2, front tuck over high bar, starting and ending in a mixed grip, after Mo Huilan (China) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Moors (uneven bars) – from underswing, with feet on bar, salto forward stretched with ​¹⁄₂ turn, after Victoria Moors (Canada) (Artistic gymnastics)

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

• Mostepanova (floor exercise) – front handspring with full twist before hand support, after Olga Mostepanova (USSR) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Mukhina salto (floor exercise) – double salto backwards tucked or piked, with full 360 twist – after Elena Mukhina (USSR) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Mukhina (uneven bars) – Korbut flip with full twist – after Elena Mukhina (USSR) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Mustafina (uneven bars (dismount)) – 1​¹⁄₂-twisting double back tuck dismount, after Aliya Mustafina (Russia) (Artistic gymnastics)

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

• Mustafina (floor) – triple Y-turn, after Aliya Mustafina (Russia) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Mustafina (vault) – round-off, ​¹⁄₂ turn on, full twisting front off (laid out), after Aliya Mustafina (Russia) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Nabieva (uneven bars) – toe-on reverse Hecht (Tkatchev) in the layout position, named after Tatiana Nabieva (Russia) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Nguyen (parallel bars) – a free hip circle mount from the side of the bars with ​³⁄₄ turn to handstand position, after Marcel Nguyen (Germany) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Okino (uneven bars (dismount)) – a free hip underswing with ​¹⁄₂ twist to layout back salto, after Elizabeth (Betty) Okino (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Okino (balance beam) – triple pirouette or triple turn, after Elizabeth (Betty) Okino (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Omelianchik (balance beam) – back handspring with ​³⁄₄ turn dive to handstand, after Oksana Omelianchik (USSR) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Omelianchik (vault) – round-off, ​³⁄₄ on, front pike off, after Oksana Omelianchik (USSR) (Artistic gymnastics)

• O'Neill (still rings) – a stretched double feige backward to a hang, after Paul O'Neill (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Onodi (balance beam) – back handspring with ​¹⁄₂ turn, after Henrietta Ónodi (Hungary) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Pak salto (uneven bars) – does a backward flip on the high bar and then catches the low bar, after Gyong Sil Pak (North Korea) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Patterson (balance beam (dismount)) – an Arabian double front dismount, after Carly Patterson (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Pegan (horizontal bar) – double front salto with ​¹⁄₂ turn – 180°, after Aljaž Pegan (Slovenia) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Phelps (vault) – ​¹⁄₂ turn onto the vault (Tsukahara) to a layout backflip with ​¹⁄₂ turn, after Jaycie Phelps (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• 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 Phillps (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Preziosa (balance beam) – full turn with free leg held backwards with both hands, after Elisabetta Preziosa (Italy) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Podkopayeva (vault) – round-off, ​³⁄₄ twist on, front piked somersault with ​¹⁄₂ turn off, after Lilia Podkopayeva (Ukraine) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Podkopayeva (floor) – double front somersault with a ​¹⁄₂ twist, after Lilia Podkopayeva (Ukraine) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Popa (floor exercise) – straddle pike jump with full turn (360°), after Celestina Popa (Romania) (Artistic gymnastics)

• 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) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Ray (uneven bars) – a Stalder backwards with release and counter movement forward to catch the high bar, after Elise Ray (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• 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 Elise Ray (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Ray 3 (uneven bars (dismount)) – double-twisting double layout bars dismount, after Elise Ray (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• 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 (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• 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) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Ri Se Gwang 2 (vault) – currently one of only five vaults with highest official D-score of 6.0; front handspring double piked with ​¹⁄₂ twist, or Drăgulescu piked in practice, after Ri Se Gwang (North Korea) (Artistic gymnastics)

• 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) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Semenova (floor exercise) – a double spin with the leg in back attitude, after Ksenia Semenova (Russia) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Semenova (balance beam) – full spin with leg in back attitude, after Ksenia Semenova (Russia) (Artistic gymnastics)

• 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) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Shaham (horizontal bar) – 1​¹⁄₂-twisting double back somersault over bar, after Noam Shaham (Israel) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Shaposhnikova (uneven bars) – on the low bar, free hip circle with flight to hang on high bar, after Natalia Shaposhnikova (USSR) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Shewfelt (vault) – aka Amanar for women, Yurchenko stretched with 2​¹⁄₂ twists, after Kyle Shewfelt (Canada) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Shirai or Shirai-Nguyen (floor exercise) – quadruple-twisting layout backwards, after Kenzo Shirai [Japan, also first performed by Nguyen Tuan Dat (Vietnam)] (Artistic gymnastics)

• Shirai 2 (floor exercise) – triple-twisting layout forwards, after Kenzo Shirai (Japan) (Artistic gymnastics)

• 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 Kenzo Shirai (Japan) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Shirai or Shirai-Kim (vault) – round-off, back-handspring into triple-twisting layout, after Kenzo Shirai [Japan, also first performed by Kim Hee Hoon (South Korea)] (Artistic gymnastics)

• Shirai 2 (vault) – round-off, back-handspring (Yurchenko) with 3​¹⁄₂-twisting layout; one of only 5 vaults with highest official D-score of 6.0, after Kenzo Shirai (Japan, 1st time successfully completed in competition – 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Shirai 3 (vault) – round-off, full-twisting back-handspring (aka Scherbo) on into double twist off, after Kenzo Shirai (Japan) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Shushunova (floor exercise) – straddle jump to lay on front support, after Yelena Shushunova (Russia) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Shushunova (uneven bars) – full-twisting Tkachev, after Yelena Shushunova (Russia) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Silivaş (balance beam (mount)) – after Daniela Silivaş (Romania) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Silivaş (floor) – double twisting double back tucked, after Daniela Silivaş (Romania) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Stalder (horizontal bar) – free circle backwards in straddle or legs together through handstand Josef Stalder (Switzerland) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Stroescu (floor exercise) – stretched forward salto with 2​¹⁄₂ twists, (mistakenly named) after Silvia Stroescu (Romania) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Strong (uneven bars) – shoot over to low bar with 1​¹⁄₂ twists, after Lori Strong (Canada) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Strong (Lori) hop (balance beam) – after Lori Strong (Canada) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Strug (floor exercise) – a tour jete with additional ​¹⁄₂ turn and landing on both feet, after Kerri Strug (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Sugihara (balance beam) – double turn with the leg held in split position Aiko Sugihara (Japan) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Talavera (balance beam) – pommel horse-like move with the circle done like a flair, after Tracee Talavera (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Teza (balance beam) – Yurchenko loop is performed with a full-twisting handspring, after Elvire Teza (France) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Thomas flair (pommel horse, floor exercise) – after Kurt Thomas (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Thomas salto (floor exercise) – salto backwards in a tucked or piked position with 1​¹⁄₂ twists, after Kurt Thomas (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Thomas salto (floor exercise) – salto backwards in a layout (straight) position with 1​¹⁄₂ twists, after Kurt Thomas (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Tkachev (uneven bars) – reverse hecht; can be performed in straddled, piked, tucked or laid out, after Aleksandr Tkachyov (USSR) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Tsukahara (vault) – involving a ​¹⁄₄ or ​¹⁄₂ turn onto the vault and back salto off, after Mitsuo Tsukahara (Japan) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Tweddle (uneven bars) – sole circle backward with counter straddle hecht with ​¹⁄₂ turn to hang on high bar in mixed L-grip, after Beth Tweddle (Great Britain) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Urzică (parallel bars) – salto forwards to full turn to upper arm hang rated, after Marius Urzică (Romania) (Artistic gymnastics)

• van Leeuwen (uneven bars) – in the low bar, piked sole circle through handstand with flight to hang on high bar with ​¹⁄₂ twist during flight phase, after Laura van Leeuwen (Netherlands) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Wang Huiying (vault) – front handspring layout Barani, after Wang Huiying (China) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Wells (parallel bars) – a giant swing backwards with in-locate forwards, after Trent Wells (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Wevers turn (balance beam) – a double turn on beam with leg held horizontally, after Sanne Wevers (Netherlands) (Artistic gymnastics)

• White (uneven bars) – a front Stalder into an L-grip to handstand with ​¹⁄₂ turn in handstand, after Morgan White (US) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Wong (balance beam) – salto forward tucked with ​¹⁄₂ turn mount, after Hiu Ying Angel Wong (China – Hong Kong) (Artistic gymnastics)

• 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) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Yang Hak Seon 2 (vault) – currently one of only five vaults with highest official D-score of 6.0; Tsukahara with 3​¹⁄₂ twists or Kasamatsu with 2​¹⁄₂ twists, after Yang Hak-Seon (South Korea) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Yang Bo (balance beam) – stag ring jump with head tilted back, losing sight of the beam, after Yang Bo (China) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Yurchenko (vault) – round-off, back-handspring onto the vaulting table, after Natalia Yurchenko (USSR) (Artistic gymnastics)

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

• Zamolodchikova (vault) – Tsukahara stretched with double turn (720°) off, after Elena Zamolodchikova (Russia) (Artistic gymnastics)

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

• Yarotska (uneven bars) – Stalder hecht from low bar to high bar, after Irina Yarotska (Ukraine) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Zanetti (still rings) – from hanging scale rearways press to planche, after Arthur Zanetti (Brazil) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Zonderland (parallel bars) – 1​¹⁄₄ Diamadov to one bar immediate ​³⁄₄ Healy to both bars, after Epke Zonderland (Netherlands) (Artistic gymnastics)

• Panenka penalty kick – after Antonín Panenka (Czech Republic) (Association football)

• Zidane Spin/The Roulette (alternative name for 360-spin) – after Zinedine Zidane (France) (Association football)

• Cuauteminha/Blanco Hop – after Cuauhtémoc Blanco (Mexico) (Association football)

• Bosman ruling – after Jean-Marc Bosman (Belgium) (Association football)

• Cruijff Turn – after Johan Cruijff (Netherlands) (Association football)

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

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

• Mendoza Line – named after Mario Mendoza (US) (Baseball)

• Pesky's pole – named after Johnny Pesky (US) (Baseball)

• Tal's Hill – named after Tal Smith (US) (Baseball)

• Tommy John surgery – named after Tommy John (US) (Baseball)

• Ruthian – a term for a longer home run, named after Babe Ruth (US) (Baseball)

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

• Elam Ending – a method for ending games once a specified target score is reached; currently used in The Basketball Tournament. Named for its creator, Ball State University professor Nick Elam. (Basketball)

• D'Arce choke (Brazilian jiu-jitsu)

• De la Riva Guard (Brazilian jiu-jitsu)

• Ezequiel choke (Brazilian jiu-jitsu)

• Kimura Lock (Brazilian jiu-jitsu)

• Ali shuffle – named after Muhammad Ali (US) (Boxing)

• Queensberry rules – after John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry (Great Britain) (Boxing)

• Bosie (alternative name for a googly) – after Bernard Bosanquet (England) (Cricket)

• 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, after Maroš Kolpak (Slovakia) (Cricket)

• Mankading – after Vinoo Mankad (India) (Cricket)

• Marillier shot – after Dougie Marillier (Zimbabwe) (Cricket)

• Dilscoop – 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. (Cricket)

• Duckworth-Lewis – 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, after Frank Duckworth (England) and Tony Lewis (Wales) (Cricket)

• Nat-meg - after Natalie Sciver. It is an inventive shot against yorkers. (Cricket)

• 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) (Croquet)

• Peel – to send a ball other than the striker's ball through its target hoop, named after Walter Peel (England) (Croquet)

• Solomon grip – the grip used by and named after John Solomon (England) (Croquet)

• Axel jump – after Axel Paulsen (Norway) (Figure skating)

• Besti squat – after Natalia Bestemianova (Russia) (Figure skating)

• Biellmann spin – after Denise Biellmann (Switzerland) (Figure skating)

• Charlotte spiral – after Charlotte Oelschlagel (Germany) (Figure skating)

• Ina Bauer – after Ina Bauer (Germany) (Figure skating)

• Kerrigan spiral – after Nancy Kerrigan (US) (Figure skating)

• Lutz jump – after Alois Lutz (Austria) (Figure skating)

• Salchow jump, – after Ulrich Salchow (Sweden) (Figure skating)

• Loop jump – in some countries (Germany and Poland, for example) this jump is called a Rittberger, after Werner Rittberger (Germany) (Figure skating)

• 'Tano Lutz – after Brian Boitano (US) (Figure skating)

• Walley jump – after Nate Walley (US) (Figure skating)

• Kayla Catch – after Kayla Doig (Australia) (Figure skating)

• Rippon Lutz – after Adam Rippon (US) (Figure skating)

• The Datsyuk – after a particular move by Pavel Datsyuk (Russia) (Ice hockey)

• Gordie Howe hat trick – after Gordie Howe (Canada) (Ice hockey)

• Lemieux cycle – after Mario Lemieux (Canada) (Ice hockey)

• Rob Ray Rule – after Rob Ray (Canada) (Ice hockey)

• Savard spin-o-rama (or Savardian spin-o-rama) – originally named after Serge Savard (Canada), but made famous by Denis Savard (Canada) (Ice hockey)

• The Brodeur Rule – due to his ability to play the puck outside of his crease, named after Martin Brodeur (Canada) (Ice hockey)

• 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) (Lacrosse)

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

• The Shugurova – tipping / spinning a rolling hoop with the feet during a leap, after Galina Shugurova (USSR) (Rhythmic gymnastics)

• The Timochenko – after Alexandra Timoshenko (USSR) (Rhythmic gymnastics)

• Backscale Pivots – after Alina Kabaeva (Russia) (Rhythmic gymnastics)

• 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 (Spain) (Rhythmic gymnastics)

• The Kabaeva – on floor Back split pivot with hand help, after Alina Kabaeva (Russia) (Rhythmic gymnastics)

• The Tchachina – Switch leap with changing legs, after Irina Tchachina (Russia) (Rhythmic gymnastics)

• Reverse illusion turns – after Irina Tchachina (Russia) (Rhythmic gymnastics)

• The Utyasheva – backsplit to backscale to backsplit pivot with help, after Laysan Utiasheva (Russia) (Rhythmic gymnastics)

• Ring Pivots (ring pivot spiral also known as "Kanaeva Pivot", quadruple/triple ring turn, quadruple queen pivot) – after Evgenia Kanaeva (Russia) (Rhythmic gymnastics)

• Switch Turn – after Evgenia Kanaeva (Russia) (Rhythmic gymnastics)

• Pivot Turn – revolutions (pivot turn with forward free leg to half free leg position), after Daria Kondakova (Russia) (Rhythmic gymnastics)

• Pivot connecting turns (attitude turns + ring pivot turn with help) – after Daria Dmitrieva (Russia) (Rhythmic gymnastics)

• The Staniouta – cossack turn starting on floor + connecting penchee turn, after Melitina Staniouta (Belarus) (Rhythmic gymnastics)

• The Kudry – back bend to roll over apparatus catch, after Yana Kudryavtseva (Russia) (Rhythmic gymnastics)

• The Ashram – back-bend turn on floor with help, after Linoy Ashram (Israel) (Rhythmic gymnastics)

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

• Hopoate – named after John Hopoate (Tonga) (Rugby league)

• Falcon – to get hit in the head by a football, named after Mario 'The Maltese Falcon' Fenech (Malta) (Rugby league)

• Gundersen method – for the point time differential set up between the ski jumping and cross-country skiing portions of the event, after Norwegian Nordic combined skier Gunder Gundersen (Norway) (Skiing)

• 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 gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics when all other contestants crashed out on the final lap. Can apply to multiple sports or situations. (Speed Skating)

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

• The Miller – triple-twisting double straight back, after Wayne Miller (US) (Trampoline Gymnastics)

• Callahan – after Henry Callahan (US) (Ultimate (Frisbee))

• Russell Rule – a variation of the Rooney Rule adopted in 2020 by the West Coast Conference, with the WCC version named for Bill Russell. (U.S. college sports)

• The van Dam Lift – after Rob Van Dam (US) (Weightlifting)

• Karelin lift – after Alexander Karelin (USSR, Russia) (Wrestling)

• John Smith single – after John T. Smith (US) (Wrestling)

• Gable Grip – after Dan Gable (US) (Wrestling)

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