This is a list of eponyms in sports, i.e. sports terms named after people.
American football Peanut Punch: In the National Football League a defensive act of knocking the ball out of the offensive players hold. Named after Charles Tillman nicknamed Peanut and is the player most associated with this move. 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.
Artistic gymnastics
Alvarez (horizontal bar) – double salto fwd. str. with or t., after Guillermo Alvarez (US) Amanar (vault) – Yurchenko family vault, roundoff on and 2 twists off, after Simona Amânar (Romania) Araújo (balance beam (dismount)) – salto forward stretched with 2 twist, after Heine Araújo (Brazil) Belyavskiy (parallel bars) – double front salto dismount in piked position, after David Belyavskiy (Russia) Blanik (vault) – handspring forward on – double piked salto forward off, after Polish artistic gymnast Leszek Blanik (Poland) Borden (balance beam) – straddled piked jump from a side position or split jump done on balance beam with or turn, after Amanda Borden (US) 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) Bhavsar (parallel bars) – swing forward, straddle cut backward, and regrasp with straight body at horizontal, after Raj Bhavsar (US) Bhavsar (still rings) – pull with straight body and arms through moment. front lever to swallow (2s.), added to Code of Points in 2001 and removed in 2021, after Raj Bhavsar (US) Bi turn (uneven bars) – after Bi Wenjing (China) Biles (floor exercise) – double layout with turn, after Simone Biles (US) Biles 2 (floor exercise) – triple-twisting double back tucked somersault, after Simone Biles (US) Biles (vault) — Yurchenko on into laid-out salto with 2/1 twists off, after Simone Biles (US) Biles (balance beam (dismount)) – double-twisting double back tucked somersault, after Simone Biles (US) Biles 2 (vault) — Yurchenko on into double piked somersault off, originated at the 2021 U.S. Classic and successfully done at the 2023 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, after Simone Biles (US) Brause (uneven bars) – done from low bar facing away from high bar with a cast to front salto forward and catching bar, after Doris Fuchs-Brause (US) Bretschneider (horizontal bar) – release with double-twisting double back tucked over bar before regrasp, after Andreas Bretschneider (Germany) Bryan (pommel horse) – scissor fwd. with t. through handstand on 1 pommel, lower to support with straddle legs on the other arm (with legs changing), after Casey Bryan (US) Bulimar (floor exercise) – a Johnson leap (switch leap with turn to side position) with additional full turn, after Diana Bulimar (Romania) Burkhart (pommel horse) – any travel in flairs with Spindle inside 2 circles, after Taylor Burkhart (US) Čáslavská (uneven bars) – from front support on high bar, swing backward with release and 1/1 turn (360°) to hang on high bar, after Věra Čáslavská (Czechoslovakia) Cassina (horizontal bar) – full-twisting double layout or straight Kolman somersault over bar, after Igor Cassina (Italy) Cheng (vault) – Yurchenko on into 1 twists off, after Cheng Fei (China) Chusovitina (floor exercise) – full-twisting double layout salto, after Oksana Chusovitina (USSR, Germany, Uzbekistan) Chusovitina (vault) – handspring forward on – piked salto with full twist off, after Oksana Chusovitina (USSR, Germany, Uzbekistan) Chusovitina 2 (vault) - handspring forward on - laid out salto with 1 1/2 twist off, after Oksana Chusovitina (USSR, Germany, Uzbekistan) Chow–Khorkina or Khorkina–Chow (uneven bars) – Stalder 1 pirouette, after Amy Chow [US, also first performed by Svetlana Khorkina (Russia)] Chow 2 (uneven bars) – Stalder to Shaposhnikova, after Amy Chow (US) Comaneci salto (uneven bars) – front support on high bar, cast with salto forward straddle to hang on high bar, after Nadia Comăneci (Romania) Conner (parallel bars) – straddle L-sit on one rail with 180° or 360° turn, added to Code of Points in 1993 and removed in 2000, after Bart Conner (US) Daggett (pommel horse) – scissor backward with counterturn, added to Code of Points in 1989 and removed in 2000, after Tim Daggett (US) Dalton (parallel bars) – roll backward with t. tuck to hang, after Jacob Dalton (US) Dawes (uneven bars) – back giant with 1 turn in handstand, after Dominique Dawes (US) 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) Diomidov (parallel bars) – swing forward with a full turn on one arm to handstand, after Sergei Diomidov (USSR) Dos Santos (floor exercise) – Arabian double pike ( turn to double front somersault in piked position), after Daiane dos Santos (Brazil) Dos Santos 2 (floor exercise) – Arabian double layout ( turn to double front somersault laid out position), after Daiane dos Santos (Brazil) Dowell (floor exercise) - front double piked salto Brenna Dowell (US) Downie (Uneven bars) - stalder backward on high bar with counter pike – reverse hecht over high bar to hang, after Rebecca Downie (Great Britain) Drăgulescu (vault) – handspring double front tucked somersault with turn, after Marian Drăgulescu (Romania) 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 five vaults with top official D-score of 6.0; variant of the Drăgulescu where only difference is saltos done in piked position, after Marian Drăgulescu (România) and Ri Se Gwang of North Korea Erceg (balance beam (mount)) – round off Arabian front tuck onto the end of the beam, after Tina Erceg (Croatia) Fan (uneven bars (dismount)) - from L-grip swing backwards, (180 degree) turn to double salto Fan Yilin (China) Ferrari (floor exercise) – a ring tour jete with turn and a landing on both feet, after Vanessa Ferrari (Italy) Fontaine (uneven bars dismount) – double somersaulting dismount is a back tuck with twist into a front tuck, after Larissa Fontaine (US) Galante (balance beam) – 1 turns with leg held in split position, after Paola Galante (Italy) Garrison (floor exercise) – cat leap forward with bent legs and 1 turn, after Kelly Garrison (US) Garrison (balance beam) – free shoulder roll forward to stand or tuck stand without hand support, after Kelly Garrison (US) Garrison 2 (balance beam) – from an extended tuck sit, Valdez swing over backward through horizontal with one-arm support, after Kelly Garrison (US) Garrison 3 (balance beam) – round-off, tucked full mount, after Kelly Garrison (US) Gatson 1 (parallel bars) – swing bwd. with 1/1 t. hop to handstand, after Jason Gatson (US) Gatson 2 (parallel bars) – Gatson 1 with t to handstand on 1 rail and t. handstand on 2 rails, after Jason Gatson (US) Gaylord 1 (horizontal bar) – salto fwd, tuck over the bar, also from el-grip, after Mitch Gaylord (US) Gaylord 2 (horizontal bar) – salto bwd. t. piked over the bar, after Mitch Gaylord (US) Gebeshian (uneven bars) – 360° turn from low to high bar known as a full twisting jump Hecht mount (uneven bars), after Houry Gebeshian (Armenia) Gienger salto (horizontal bar) – after Eberhard Gienger (Germany) Gienger salto (uneven bars) – after Eberhard Gienger (Germany) Ginsberg (parallel bars) – giant swing fw. to hdst., added to Code of Points in 1989 and removed in 2000, after Brian Ginsberg (US) Gómez (floor exercise) – quadruple spin, after Elena Gómez (Spain) Grigoraş (balance beam) – after Cristina Elena Grigoraş (Romania) Hayden (horizontal bar) – double salto bwd. str. w. 1/1 t. over the bar, after Dan Hayden (US) Henrich (balance beam) – a stag-split, split-leap or jump forward with 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) Hindorff (uneven bars) – clear hip circle to immediate Tkatchev release, after Sylvia Hindorff (East Germany) Huang (uneven bars) – a stalder forward in L-grip with full turn to handstand, initiated on one arm before handstand, after Huang Qiushuang (China) Humphrey (floor exercise) – switch split leap forward with a turn to side split leap or straddle pike position, after Terin Humphrey (US) Humphrey (balance beam/floor exercise) – 2 turn (900°) on one leg, in tuck stand, with free leg optional, after Terin Humphrey (US) Hypolito (floor exercise) – Arabian double pike with a full twist, after Diego Hypólito (Brazil) Jäger salto (horizontal bar, uneven bars) – swing backwards and salto forwards to catch high bar again, after Bernd Jäger (East Germany) Janz salto (uneven bars) – after Karin Janz (East Germany) Johnson (floor exercise) – a switch-split leap forward with leg change and turn to side split leap or straddle pike position, after Brandy Johnson (US) Jones (floor exercise) - a triple turn with leg held at horizontal, after Shilese Jones Kasamatsu (vault) – after Shigero Kasamatsu (Japan) Kim (floor exercise) – double tucked back salto, after Nellie Kim (USSR) Kim-Shirai or Shirai-Kim (vault) – round-off—back-handspring (Yurchenko) triple full layout, after Kim Hee Hoon (South Korea) and Kenzo Shirai (Japan) Khorkina (uneven bars) – back uprise and straddle flight over high bar with turn to hang, after Svetlana Khorkina (Russia) Khorkina 2 (uneven bars) – low bar inner front support, clear hip circle to handstand turn in flight to high bar hang, after Svetlana Khorkina (Russia) Khorkina (balance beam) – gainer back-handspring with full twist before hand support, after Svetlana Khorkina (Russia) Khorkina 2 (balance beam (dismount)) – gainer 2-twisting back layout dismount to side or at the end of beam, after Svetlana Khorkina (Russia) Khorkina 3 (balance beam (dismount)) – gainer triple-twisting back layout dismount to side or at the end of beam, after Svetlana Khorkina (Russia) Khorkina-Chow or Chow-Khorkina (uneven bars) – Stalder 1 pirouette, after Svetlana Khorkina (Russia, also first performed by Amy Chow (US)) Khorkina (floor exercise) – hop with 1 turns to front lying support, after Svetlana Khorkina (Russia) Khorkina (vault) – round-off, back-handspring with turn on, turn into back pike off, after Svetlana Khorkina (Russia) Khorkina 2 (vault) – round-off, back-handspring with turn on, 1-twisting front tuck off, after Svetlana Khorkina (Russia) Kolman (horizontal bar) – a full-twisting Kovacs with two back somersaults and one full twist over the bar, after Alojz Kolman (Slovenia) Komova (uneven bars) – clear pike circle backward through handstand with flight and turn (180°) to hang on high bar, after Viktoria Komova (Russia) Komova 2 (uneven bars) – clear pike circle backwards through handstand with flight to hang on high bar, after Viktoria Komova (Russia) Kononenko (uneven bars) – counter straddle hecht with turn to hang on high bar in mixed L-grip, after Natalia Kononenko (Ukraine) Kotchetkova (balance beam) – full-twisting back-handspring, after Dina Kotchetkova (Russia) Korbut flip (balance beam) – standing back somersault to swing down on beam, after Olga Korbut (USSR) Korbut flip (uneven bars) – standing on the high bar, does back flip, then catches the bar, after Olga Korbut (USSR) Kovacs (horizontal bar) – double back somersault over bar, after Péter Kovács (Hungary)