Danell Leyva

Danell Johan Leyva (born October 30, 1991) is a Cuban American former gymnast who competed for the United States. He is the 2012 Olympic individual all-around bronze medalist and 2016 Olympic parallel bars and horizontal bar silver medalist. He is also the 2011 US national all-around gold medalist and the 2011 world champion on the parallel bars. With a combined total of 8 Olympic and World Championships medals, Leyva is the second most decorated American male gymnast after Paul Hamm.

Danell Leyva
Full nameDanell Johan Leyva
Nickname(s)D.J.
Country represented United States
Born (1991-10-30) October 30, 1991
Matanzas, Cuba
HometownMiami, Florida
ResidenceMiami, Florida
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
LevelInternational elite
Years on national team2004–2016 (USA)
ClubUniversal Gymnastics
Head coach(es)Yin Alvarez
Retired2016
Medal record
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroParallel bars
2016 Rio de JaneiroHorizontal bar
2012 LondonAll-around
World Championships
2011 TokyoParallel bars
2014 NanningParallel bars
2015 GlasgowHorizontal bar
2011 TokyoTeam
2014 NanningTeam
Pacific Rim Championships
2010 MelbourneTeam
2010 MelbourneParallel bars
2010 MelbourneHorizontal bar
2010 MelbourneRings

In gymnastics, Leyva was a specialist on parallel bars and horizontal bar, having his own signature move (jam-dislocate-hop to undergrips) on the latter.

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