Fosbury flop

Etymology
Named for, who brought the technique to light in the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Noun

 * 1)  A high jump in which the jumper leaps backward and arches the back over the bar, thereby lowering the jumper's center of gravity below the body while it is aloft.

Translations

 * Finnish: floppityyli
 * Italian: fosbury
 * Japanese:
 * Russian: фо́сбери-флоп