ventralista

Italian

Etymology

From ventrale +‎ -ista.

Noun

ventralista m or f by sense (masculine plural ventralisti, feminine plural ventraliste)

1. (sports) a high jumper who uses the old "belly-down" (either straddle or Western roll) technique

See also

• fosbury

Further reading

• ventralista in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana