1. Danell Johan Leyva Gonzalez was born on October 30,1991 and is a Cuban American former gymnast who competed for the United States.
28 Facts About Danell Leyva
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Danell Leyva 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.
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Danell Leyva is the 2011 US national all-around gold medalist and the 2011 world champion on the parallel bars.
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In gymnastics, Danell Leyva was a specialist on parallel bars and horizontal bar, having his own signature move on the latter.
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Danell Leyva was born on October 30,1991, in Cardenas, Cuba.
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Gonzalez and Danell Leyva defected to Miami when Danell Leyva was two years old.
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Danell Leyva went on to compete in the junior division of the US National Championships, where he came 1st all-around, won gold on floor exercise and horizontal bar, and tied for silver on parallel bars.
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In 2008, at the Junior National Championships, Danell Leyva won the all-around, horizontal bar, parallel bars, and pommel horse titles.
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Danell Leyva was the horizontal bar champion at the 2008 Pan American Gymnastics Championships in Argentina.
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Danell Leyva went on to be chosen as part of the 2008 Pacific Rim Championships team and competed in San Jose, California.
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The US team won gold, and Danell Leyva won gold in the all-around and bronze on parallel bars in the junior division finals.
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Danell Leyva was chosen as one of four US male gymnasts to compete at the 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in London.
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Danell Leyva won individual titles on the horizontal bar and parallel bars, as well as a bronze medal on still rings.
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Danell Leyva was chosen for the team to compete at the 2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
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At the 2011 US National Championships, Danell Leyva beat reigning national champion and world bronze medalist Jonathan Horton in the all-around, winning his first all-around US National Championship at the senior level.
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Danell Leyva won the parallel bars and horizontal bar titles.
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Danell Leyva was chosen to be one of the anchors for the US team at the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo, which won the bronze medal.
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Danell Leyva rallied for event finals, where he won gold on parallel bars.
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Danell Leyva won medals in several events at the Winter Cup, then won the American Cup in New York City.
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Danell Leyva placed 2nd in the all-around at the National Championships in Saint Louis, behind John Orozco.
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Danell Leyva defended his national titles on parallel bars and horizontal bar.
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Danell Leyva went on to compete in the Olympic Trials in San Jose, where he came first with his combined scores from the Visa Championships and the two days of Trials.
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Danell Leyva earned the bronze medal in the individual all-around at the Olympics.
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Danell Leyva had a fall on the horizontal bar, and the team finished 5th .
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In 2013, Danell Leyva signed a multi-year sponsorship agreement with Adidas Gymnastics.
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Danell Leyva has a sister, Dayanis Mesa, who is a television host.
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Danell Leyva had purchased a production company, which he named "Parallel Entertainment".
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On October 11,2020, for National Coming Out Day, Danell Leyva revealed via Twitter that he identifies as bisexual and pansexual.