List of sports terms named after people

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

Artistic Gymnastics

* Bhardwaj (uneven bar), after Mohini Bhardwaj (USA).
* Bi - Turn (uneven bar), after Bi Wenjing (China).
* Cassina (horizontal bar), after Igor Cassina (Italy).
* Cheng Fei- Yurchenko 1/2 on - 1 1/2 twist off(vault), after Cheng Fei (China).
* Diomidov (parallel bars), after Sergei Diomidov (USSR).
* Dos Santos (floor) and Dos Santos II (floor), after Daiane dos Santos (Brazil).
* Gaylord (horizontal bar), after Mitch Gaylord (USA).
* Gienger salto (high bar, uneven bars), after Eberhard Gienger (Germany).
* Hindorff (uneven bars), after Sylvia Hindorff (GDR).
* Hypolito (floor), after Diego Hypolito (Brazil).
* Jäger-salto (high bar, uneven bars), after Bernd Jäger (GDR).
* 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).
* Liukin (balance beam), after Nastia Liukin
* 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).
* Ma Yanhong dismount (uneven bar), after Ma Yanhong (China).
* Miller (balance beam), after Shannon Miller (USA).
* Mo - salto (uneven bar), after Mo Huilan (China).
* Omelianchik (balance beam) and Omelianchik (vault), after Oksana Omelianchik (USSR).
* Onodi (balance beam), after Henrietta Onodi (Hungary).
* Patterson (balance beam), after Carly Patterson (USA).
* Podkopayeva (vault), Podkopayeva (floor) - double front somersault with a 1/2 twist, after Lilia Podkopayeva (Ukraine).
* Shaposhnikova (uneven bars), after Natalia Shaposhnikova (USSR).
* Shushunova (floor), after Yelena Shushunova (Russia).
* Thomas flair (pommel horse, floor exercise), 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).
* Yang Bo (balance beam), after Yang Bo (China).
* Yurchenko (vault) and Yurchenko loop (balance beam), after Natalia Yurchenko (USSR).

Association Football

*Bosman, after Jean-Marc Bosman (Belgium).
*Cruyff turn, after Johan Cruijff (Netherlands).

Athletics (track and field)

*Fosbury flop, after Dick Fosbury (USA).

Baseball

*Mendoza line, named after Mario Mendoza.
*Pesky's pole, named after Johnny Pesky.
*Tal's Hill, named after Tal Smith.

Basketball

*Hack-a-Shaq, named after Shaquille O'Neal
*Jordan Rules, named after Michael Jordan

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

*Kimura Lock

Boxing

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

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).

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).

Ice Hockey

*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).

Rhythmic Gymnastics

*Timochenkofact|date=September 2008, after Alexandra Timoshenko (USSR).

Tennis

Henman Hill AKA Aorangi Terrace after Tim Henman

=Ultimate (Frisbee)=

*Callahan, after Henry Callahan.

Weightlifting

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

=Wrestling=

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