Zuchold (Gymnastics)

The skill is named after Norbert Zuchold, a highly accomplished East German gymnast. He competed in the 1960s and early 1970s, earning multiple medals at the World Championships and Olympic Games.

The Zuchold is a transitional skill performed on the high bar in men's artistic gymnastics. It involves a specific roll or flight element that was highly innovative when it was first submitted to the gymnastics Code of Points.

While the mechanics of the Zuchold are historically significant, modern gymnasts rarely perform it because it carries a lower difficulty value than modern release skills. Elite gymnasts today typically opt for higher-difficulty elements like the Kovacs or Tkachev on the high bar.

A skill is named after a gymnast when they successfully perform it for the first time at a major international competition, such as the Olympics or World Championships. The move is then permanently added to the FIG's Code of Points under that athlete's name.