Danell Leyva

Danell Leyva
Personal information
Full nameDanell Johan Leyva Gonzalez
Born (1991-10-30) October 30, 1991
Cárdenas, Cuba
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
United States
(2009–2016)
GymTeam Hilton HHonors
Universal Gymnastics
Head coach(es)Yin Alvarez
Retired2016
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 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
Pan American Championships
2008 RosarioHorizontal bar
2008 RosarioPommel horse
2008 RosarioParallel 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. 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.