Sports terms named after people

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

Contents

1 Artistic Gymnastics 2 Athletics 3 Boxing 4 Figure skating 5 Events & trophies

Artistic Gymnastics

• Gaylord, after Mitch Gaylord (USA)
• Gienger salto, after Eberhard Gienger (Germany).
• Kasamatsu, after Shigero Kasamatsu (Japan).
• Magyar walk, after Zoltan Magyar (Hungary).
• Thomas flair, after Kurt Thomas (USA).
• Timochenko, after Alexandra Timochenko (Russia).
• Tkachev, after Alexander Tkatchev (Russia).
• Tsukahara, after Mitsuo Tsukahara (Japan).
• Yurchenko, after Natalia Yurchenko (Russia).

Athletics

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

Boxing

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

Figure skating

• Axel, after Axel Paulsen (Norway).
• Biellmann spin, after Denise Biellmann (Switzerland).
• Lutz, after Alois Lutz (Austria).
• Salchow, after Ulrich Salchow (Sweden).

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.
• Basketball
  • Naismith Award, after James Naismith.
  • Wooden Award, after John Wooden.
• Football (soccer)
  • Jules Rimet trophy (first Football World Cup), after Jules Rimet (France).
• 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).

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