Italian edit

Etymology edit

From ventrale +‎ -ista.

Noun edit

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 edit

Further reading edit

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