Sports terms named after people
This is a list of eponyms in sports, i.e. sports terms named after people.
- Gaylord, after Mitch Gaylord (United States of America)
- Gienger salto, after Eberhard Gienger (Germany).
- Kasamatsu, after Shigero Kasamatsu (Japan).
- Magyar walk, after Zoltan Magyar (Hungary).
- Timochenko, after Alexandra Timochenko (Russia).
- Tkachev, after Alexander Tkatchev (Russia).
- Tsukahara, after Mitsuo Tsukahara (Japan).
- Yurchenko, after Natalia Yurchenko (Russia).
- Fosbury flop, after Dick Fosbury (United States of America).
- Axel, after Axel Paulsen (Norway).
- Biellmann spin, after Denise Biellmann (Switzerland).
- Lutz, after Alois Lutz (Austria).
- Salchow, after Ulrich Salchow (Sweden).
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Last updated: 01-04-2007 01:18:57
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