Amanar

Women's Artisticadvanced

Named after Romanian gymnast Simona Amanar, this vault is a Yurchenko entry (round-off onto the board, back handspring onto the table) followed by a salto with two and a half twists. It's one of the most difficult vaults regularly performed in elite women's gymnastics.

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Related Terms

Vault

The apparatus and event where a gymnast sprints down a runway, springs off a board, and performs a skill over a padded table.

Yurchenko

A family of vaults that begin with a round-off onto the springboard, followed by a back handspring onto the vault table.