triple somersault
Three midair rotations
A triple somersault is an acrobatic maneuver in which the performer rotates three complete times in the air before landing.
The move appears in diving, gymnastics, and trapeze work, where it represents an elite level of difficulty: She nailed the triple somersault on her final dive.
The term sometimes describes any spectacular aerial feat.
- acrobatAgile circus performer
- circus actSkilled tent entertainment
- gymnasticsAthletic discipline of controlled movement
- floor exerciseApparatus-free gymnastics event
- flipQuick turning motion
twist · full twist · aerial · aerial maneuver · circus · flying trapeze · trapeze · high bar · tuck · pike · dismount · stick the landing · rotation · airborne · free fall · landing · vaulting · tumbling
triple somersaultforward roll
Rotation over one's head
standing jump · tuck jump · double somersault · pike jump · layout
triple somersaultstanding still
Absence of motion
handstand · motionlessness · iron cross · stillness · standing position
triple somersaultforward roll
Rotation over one's head
standing still · hop · step · walk
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