Elements are included if they were named after a gymnast in any edition of the code of points at any time. GIFs show the first time the skill was competed at the naming competition, if available.
1976
Nellie Kim (SOV)
Montreal Olympics Team Optionals
**This was not named contemporaneously. It was named for Ms Kim retroactively by the women’s technical committee led by Ms Kim. Her teammates Maria Filatova and Olga Korbut also successfully performed the double tuck on the same day in the same lineup.1978
Double salto stretched-piked (Kim)
Nellie Kim (SOV)
Strasbourg Worlds Team Optionals
**This element has been absent from the code of points since 1997 but was restored to the named skill section and awarded to Ms Kim in the 2013 code of points update.1985
Straddle jump to front support (Shushunova)
Elena Shushunova (SOV)
Montreal Worlds Team Optionals
**Named credit for this skill was removed from the code of points in 2013.
1985
Cat leap 1.5 (Garrison)
Kelly Garrison (USA)
Montreal Worlds Team Optionals
**Named credit for this skill was removed from the code of points in 2009. The skill was removed entirely in 2013.
1987
Full-twisting double layout (Touzhikova)
Tatiana Touzhikova (SOV)
Rotterdam Worlds Team Optionals
**Named credit for this skill was absent from 1987-1992 but was attributed to Touzhikova from 1993-2005. In 2006, the double layout full-in and double layout full-out became the same skill, which was awarded only to Oksana Chusovitina. Touzhikova’s name was restored to the skill in 2022.
1987
Bent leg split leap 1/2 (Thümmler)
Dorte Thümmler (GDR)
Rotterdam Worlds Event Finals
**This skill was removed from the code of points in 1993.
1987
Martina Jentsch (GDR)
Rotterdam Worlds All-Around
**This was not named contemporaneously. It was named for Ms Jentsch retroactively in 2022 after becoming the Andreasen in 1995. The skill appeared in the code of points unnamed starting in 1979.
1989
Double scissors (Homma)
Leah Homma (CAN)
Stuttgart Worlds Team Optionals
**This skill was removed from the code of points in 2009.
1989
Toni Benton (NZL)
Stuttgart Worlds Team Optionals
**Named credit for this skill was removed from the code of points in 2009.
1991
Double layout full-out (Chusovitina)
Oksana Chusovitina (SOV)
Indianapolis Worlds Event Final
**Named credit for only the full-out technique was awarded to Chusovitina from 1991-2005. From 2006-2021, Chusovitina was the sole eponym for all full-twisting double layouts. The full-twisting double layout became the Touzhikova/Chusovitina in 2022.
1991
Tour jeté ring (Boucher)
Karine Boucher (FRA)
Indianapolis Worlds Team Optionals
**Named credit for this skill was removed from the code of points in 2013. The skill was combined with the tour jeté in 2017.
1991
Split leap rond de jambe (Plataroti)
Romina Plataroti (ARG)
Barcelona Olympics Team Optionals
*Not naming competition**This skill was removed from the code of points in 2006.
1993
Kerri Strug (USA)
Birmingham Worlds Event Final
**This skill and named credit were removed from the code of points in 2006 and replaced by “split leap with full turn.” In 2022, “tour jeté 1/2” returned to the code without named credit.
1993
Lilia Podkopayeva (UKR)
Birmingham Worlds Qualification
**This skill had appeared in the code of points unnamed since 1979.
1994
Front layout double full (Tarasevich)
Svetlana Tarasevich (BLR)
Dortmund Worlds Team Optionals
**Named credit for this skill was removed in 2013 and erroneously switched to the back layout 2.5. In 2017, it was erroneously switched again to the front 2.5. In 2022, named credit for Tarasevich was restored to the front double full.
1995
Arabian free cartwheel to prone (Tsavdaridou)
Vasiliki Tsavdaridou (GRE)
Sabae Worlds Team Optionals
1995
Double Arabian and 1/2 (Andreasen)
Charlotte Andreasen (DEN)
Sabae Worlds Team Optionals
**The 1/2 twist was added to the already-existing double Arabian in the 1997 code update, when named credit was awarded to Andreasen. In the 2022 update, the skills were split and only the regular double Arabian retained the Andreasen name.
1997
Svetlana Khorkina (RUS)
Lausanne Worlds Team Final
**Named credit for this skill was removed from the code of points in 2006.
1997
Gina Gogean (ROU)
Lausanne Worlds Team Final
**Named credit for this skill was removed from the code of points in 2006 but restored in 2022.
1999
Barbara Rivarola (ARG)
Tianjin Worlds Qualification
**Named credit for this skill was removed from the code of points in 2006.
2000
Tour jeté 1/2 to sit split (Produnova)
Yelena Produnova (RUS)
Sydney Olympics Qualification
**Named credit for this skill was removed from the code of points in 2006 but restored in 2022.
2001
Sabina Cojocar (ROU)
Ghent Worlds All-Around
**Skill was erroneously named after Silvia Stroescu until 2013.
2001
Tuck jump double to front support (Ziganshina)
Natalia Ziganshina (RUS)
Ghent Worlds Qualification
**Named credit for this skill was removed from the code of points in 2009.
2006
Hop full to support (Martinez)
Julie Martinez (FRA)
Aarhus Worlds Qualification
**Named credit for this skill was removed from the code of points in 2013. The FIG’s historical named skill document credits this element to Spain’s Laura Martinez, who retired 6 years before the skill was named.
2007
Double illusion turn (Hopfner-Hibbs)
Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs (CAN)
Beijing Olympics All-Around
*Not naming competition**Skill was first removed from the code of points in 1997, then resubmitted by Hopfner-Hibbs in 2007, and then removed again in 2017.
2013
Kristyna Sankova (UKR)
Antwerp Worlds Qualification
**Skill was also successfully performed by Angelina Kysla, Gaelle Mys, and Farida Shokry at the same competition and was intended to be named for no one.
2014
Split ring jump full (Jurkowska-Kowalska)
Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska (POL)
Glasgow Worlds Qualification
*Not naming competition2021
Double Arabian piked 1/2 (Oliveira)
Lorrane Oliveira (BRA)
Doha World Cup Qualification
**This skill was combined with all full-twisting double tucked and piked saltos in 2025.
