Sports terms named after people

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

• Diomidov (parallel bars), after Sergei Diomidov (USSR).
• Gaylord (high bar), after Mitch Gaylord (USA)
• Gienger salto (uneven bars), after Eberhard Gienger (Germany).
• Kasamatsu (vault), after Shigero Kasamatsu (Japan).
• Magyar walk (pommel horse), after Zoltan Magyar (Hungary).
• Omelianchik (balance beam) and Omelianchik (vault), after Oksana Omelianchik (USSR)
• Shaposhnikova (uneven bars), after Natalia Shaposhnikova (USSR)
• Thomas flair (pommel horse), after Kurt Thomas (USA).
• Tkachev (uneven bars), after Alexander Tkachev (USSR).
• Tsukahara (vault), after Mitsuo Tsukahara (Japan).
• Yang Bo (balance beam), after Yang Bo (China)
• Yurchenko (vault) and Yurchenko loop (balance beam), after Natalia Yurchenko (USSR).

• Bosman, after Jean-Marc Bosman (Belgium).

• Fosbury flop, after Dick Fosbury (United States of America).

• Mendoza line, named after either Mario or Minnie Mendoza

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

• Axel jump, after Axel Paulsen (Norway).
• Biellmann spin, after Denise Biellmann (Switzerland).
• Lutz jump, after Alois Lutz (Austria).
• Salchow jump, after Ulrich Salchow (Sweden).
• Loop jump, in some countries (for example in Germany and in Poland) is called Rittberger, after Werner Rittberger (Germany)

Events & trophies

• American football
• *Heisman Trophy, after John Heisman.
• **Almost all other college football awards are named after individuals.
• *Vince Lombardi Trophy (Super Bowl trophy), after Vince Lombardi.
• Australian rules football
• *Brownlow Medal, after Charles Brownlow.
• *Leigh Matthews Trophy, after Leigh Matthews.
• Baseball
• *Cy Young Award, after Cy Young.
• Basketball
• *Naismith Award, after James Naismith.
• *Wooden Award, after John Wooden.
• *Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award, after James Naismith's daughter-in-law Frances Pomeroy Naismith.
• Football (soccer)
• *Jules Rimet trophy (first Football World Cup), after Jules Rimet (France).
• *Pichichi (top-scorer each season in Spain), after Rafael Moreno Aranzadi.
• Golf
• *Ryder Cup, after Samuel Ryder.
• *Solheim Cup, after Karsten and Louise Solheim (United States of America).
• *Walker Cup, after George Herbert Walker.
• *Seve Trophy, after Seve Ballesteros.
• Ice Hockey
• *Stanley Cup, after Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby.
• Rugby union
• *Webb Ellis Trophy (World Cup trophy), after William Webb Ellis.
• *Bledisloe Cup (Australia-New Zealand series trophy), after Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe.
• *Ranfurly Shield (New Zealand provincial challenge trophy), after Uchter John Mark Knox, 5th Earl of Ranfurly.
• Tennis
• *Davis Cup, after Dwight F. Davis.
• *Roland Garros (French Open championships), after the pioneering French World War I fighter pilot.
• *Coupe Suzanne Lenglen (French Open women's championship trophy), after Suzanne Lenglen (France).
• *Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup (Australian Open women's championship trophy), after Daphne Akhurst (Australia).
• Ultimate
• *Callahan Award, Ultimate's Heisman Trophy, annually awarded to the most vauled man and woman in open and women's college Ultimate.

• Timochenko, after Alexandra Timoshenko (USSR).

• Callahan, after Henry Callahan.

• The Van Dam Lift, after Rob Van Dam.

 

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