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

1 American football
2 Artistic gymnastics
3 Association football
4 Athletics
5 Baseball
6 Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
7 Boxing
8 Cricket
9 Figure skating
10 Ice hockey
11 Rhythmic gymnastics
12 Rugby league
13 Skiing
14 Tennis
15 Ultimate (Frisbee)
16 Weightlifting
17 Wrestling

American football [edit]

Further information: National Football League lore#Rules named after NFL figures

Artistic gymnastics [edit]

Amanar (vault), Yurchenko on - 2½ twist off(vault), after Simona Amânar (Romania).
Belyavskiy (Parallel bars) Double front salto dismount in piked position. Named after David Belyavskiy (Russia)
Blanik, named after Leszek Blanik, a Polish artistic gymnast.
Borden - straddle pike jump done from a sideways position on the balance beam with a ½ or ¾ turn, after Amanda Borden (USA)
Bhardwaj (uneven bar)-the high bar, does a backward flip (Pak Salto), with full-twist, and catches the low bar, after Mohini Bhardwaj (USA).
Bhavsar (rings)-pull through momentary, front lever press to Maltese, after Raj Bhavsar (USA).
Bhavsar II (parallel bars) Long Hang Swing forward, straddle cut backward, and regrasp with straight body at horizontal (Tippelt to long hang swing)
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)
Bulimar (floor) is a Johnson leap (switch leap with ¹⁄₄ turn to side position) with additional ¹⁄₁ turn, after Diana Bulimar (Romania)
Cassina (horizontal bar), after Igor Cassina (Italy).
Cheng Fei - Yurchenko 1/2 on - 1½ twist off(vault), after Cheng Fei (China).
Chusovitina (floor) - Full Twisting Double Layout Salto, after Oksana Chusovitina
Chow/Khorkina (unven bars)-Stalder 1½ pirouette and Chow II (unven bars)-Stalder to Shaposhnikova, after Amy Chow (USA)
Comaneci salto (uneven bars), after Nadia Comăneci (Romania).
Daggett (pommel horse) - scissor backward with ½ counterturn, after Tim Daggett (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).
Drăgulescu (vault), handspring double front somersault with half turn, after Marian Drăgulescu(România).
Erceg (balance beam mount),after Tina Erceg
Ferrari (floor) - a ring tour jete with ½ turn and a landing on both feet, after Vanessa Ferrari (Italy)
Fontaine (uneven bars dismount) -double somersaulting dismount is a back tuck with ½ twist into a front, after Larissa Fontaine.
Galante (beam) - 1 1/2 turn with leg held in split position, after Paola Galante (Italy)
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)
Gómez (floor) - Quadruple spin, after Elena Gómez (Spain)
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 Hypólito (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).
Kim (floor), Double tuck back salto, after Nellie Kim (USSR)
Khorkina (floor), Hop with 1.5 turns to front lying support, after Svetlana Khorkina
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).
Komova (uneven bar), Clear pike circle backward through handstand with flight and ½ turn (180°) to hang on high bar (Uneven bars), after Viktoria Komova (Russia).
Kotchetkova (balance beam)- full-twisting back handspring, after Dina Kotchetkova(RUS)
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 (floor), after Valeri Liukin (USSR)
Liukin (balance beam) - salto forward piked, take off from one leg to one foot landing to scale, hold for two seconds, after Nastia Liukin (USA)
Li Li - German Giant (uneven bar), Li Li - 1¼ turn on back (balance beam), after Li Li (China).
Li Ya - salto (uneven bar), Li Ya - dismount after Li Ya (China).
Liu Xuan - salto (uneven bar) - Giant circle backward to handstand on one arm, after Liu Xuan (China).
Magyar walk (pommel horse), after Zoltán 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)
Memmel (floor) - Double Turn with leg held in split position, after Chellsie Memmel (USA)
Miller - (uneven bars) cast to handstand with 1½ turn after handstand to mixed-L grip, and (balance beam) back dive 1/4 turn to handstand, 1/2 turn pirouette to front split in handstand after Shannon Miller (USA).
Mitchell (floor/beam) - triple turn (1080°) in tuck stand on one leg - free leg optional after Lauren Mitchell (AUS)
Mo - salto (uneven bar), after Mo Huilan (China).
Mostepanova (floor) - Front Handspring with full twist before hand support, after Olga Mostepanova
Mukhina Salto (floor) - double salto forward tucked or piked, with full 360 twist - named after Elena Mukhina.
Mustafina (Uneven Bars) - 1½ twisting double back tuck dismount, after Aliya Mustafina (RUS)
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 Ónodi (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) - A double Arabian dismount, after Carly Patterson (USA).
Pegan (horizontal bar) - A double front salto with half turn - 180°, after Aljaž Pegan (SLO).
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)
Preziosa (balance beam) – full turn with free leg held backwards with both hands, after Elisabetta Preziosa (Italy)
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)
Produnova (vault)- Handspring forward on – tucked double salto forward off, after Elena Produnova (RUS)
Ray I (uneven bars) - a stalder backward with release and counter movement forward to catch the high bar, Ray II (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 recatch and Ray III (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)
Semenova (floor) - a double spin with the leg in back attitude, after Ksenia Semenova (Russia)
shaham (high bar)- after Noam Shaham (Israel)
Shaposhnikova (uneven bars), after Natalia Shaposhnikova (USSR).
Shewfelt (vault) Yurchenko stretched with 5/2 twists Kyle Shewfelt (Canada)
Shushunova (floor), after Yelena Shushunova (Russia).
Silivaş mount (balance beam) and Silivaş (floor), after Daniela Silivaş (Romania)
Stalder (high bar) Free circle bwd. straddle or legs together through handstand Josef Stalder (Swiss)
Stroescu (floor) is a stretched forward salto with 2½ twists after Silvia Stroescu, 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 salto (floor) – a 1 ½ salto backward in a tucked or piked position with 1 ½ twists and, Thomas salto (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).
Urzică(uneven bars)eponymous salto forward to 1/1 turn to upper arm hang rated, after Marius Urzică, Romania.
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 (vault) - handspring triple twist, after Yang Hak-Seon (Korea).
Yang Bo (balance beam), after Yang Bo (China).
Yurchenko (vault) and Yurchenko loop (balance beam), after Natalia Yurchenko (USSR).
Zamolodchikova - Tsukahara stretched with 2/1 turn (720°) off (vault), flic-flac with 1/1 twist to hip circle BWD (balance beam), after Elena Zamolodchikova (RUS).
Yarotskaya (uneven bars) - Stalder hecht from low bar to high bar, after Irina Yarotskaya (Ukraine).

Association football [edit]

Panenka penalty kick, after Antonín Panenka (Czech Republic)
Zidane Spin / The Roulette (alternative name for 360-spin), after Zinedine Zidane (France)
Cuauteminha, after Cuauhtémoc Blanco (Mexico).
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).

Athletics [edit]

Fosbury Flop, a high jump style named after Dick Fosbury
Volzing, a now illegal pole vault technique named after Dave Volz

Baseball [edit]

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.
Ruthian, a term for a longer homer run named after Babe Ruth.
Steve Blass Disease, a term applied to talented players who seem to inexplicably lose their ability to accurately throw a baseball.

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu [edit]

Kimura Lock
De la Riva Guard
D'Arce choke

Boxing [edit]

Ali shuffle, named after Muhammad Ali
Queensberry rules, after John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry (United Kingdom).

Cricket [edit]

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 Dougie Marillier (Zimbabwe).
Dilscoop, after Tillekaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka).

Figure skating [edit]

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).
Rippon lutz, after Adam Rippon (USA).

Ice hockey [edit]

The Datsyuk, after a particular move by Pavel Datsyuk (Russia).
Gordie Howe hat trick, after Gordie Howe (Canada).
Lemieux cycle, after Mario Lemieux (Canada).
Rob Ray Rule, after Rob Ray (Canada).
Savard spin-o-rama (or Savardian spin-o-rama), originally named after Serge Savard (Canada), but made famous by Denis Savard (Canada).'
The Brodeur Rule, named after Martin Brodeur (Canada), due to his ability to play the puck outside of his crease.

Rhythmic gymnastics [edit]

Timochenko^{[citation needed]}, after Alexandra Timoshenko (USSR).
Cid Tostado Element^{[citation needed]}, after Almudena Cid Tostado (ESP).
Ring Pivots, after Yevgeniya Kanayeva (RUS)
Pivots, after Daria Kondakova (RUS)
Pivot Turn, after Daria Dmitrieva (RUS)
Backscale Pivots, after Alina Kabaeva (RUS)

Rugby league [edit]

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
Falcon, to get hit in the head by a football, named after Mario 'The Maltese Falcon' Fenech.