Danell Leyva

Danell Leyva
Leyva at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Danell Johan Leyva Gonzalez
Born	(1991-10-30) October 30, 1991 (age 33) Cárdenas, Cuba
Hometown	Miami, Florida, U.S.
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	United States
Years on national team	2009–2016
Gym	Team Hilton HHonors Universal Gymnastics
Head coach(es)	Yin Alvarez
Retired	2016
Medal record Men's artistic gymnastics Representing  United States Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 2 1 World Championships 1 2 2 Pacific Rim Championships 3 0 1 Pan American Championships 1 2 0 Total 5 6 4 Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Parallel bars 2016 Rio de Janeiro Horizontal bar 2012 London All-around World Championships 2011 Tokyo Parallel bars 2014 Nanning Parallel bars 2015 Glasgow Horizontal bar 2011 Tokyo Team 2014 Nanning Team Pacific Rim Championships 2010 Melbourne Team 2010 Melbourne Parallel bars 2010 Melbourne Horizontal bar 2010 Melbourne Rings Pan American Championships 2008 Rosario Horizontal bar 2008 Rosario Pommel horse 2008 Rosario Parallel bars

Danell Johan Leyva Gonzalez (born October 30, 1991) is a Cuban American former gymnast who competed for the United States. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and 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.^[1] With a combined total of 8 Olympic and World Championships medals, Leyva is the second most decorated American male gymnast after Paul Hamm.

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.