who invented the Onodi on beam?

Henrietta Ónodi from Hungary was one of my favourite gymnasts when she unexpectedly won Vault at the 1992 Olympics.

Her name is known worldwide now for the gorgeous Onodi on beam: backward handspring with a half turn to forward walkover. (Olympic Champion Nastia Liukin does it beautifully, for example.)

However, here’s Olga Mostepanova from the former USSR competing an Onodi back in 1984.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Here’s another video clip of her performing it in 1983.

I’ve seen it referred to as a Mostepanova-Onodi.

But truly it should be called a Mostepanova.

UPDATE: MostepanovaFan notes that Onodi, as a gymnast learning the trick, called it the “Mostie”.

(via Past & Present Gymnastics)

related: Whatever happened to Olga Mostepanova