Danell Leyva

Olympian 2012, 2016

0
GOLD

2
SILVER

1
BRONZE

Athlete Bio#

Height

5'7"

Age

Hometown

Homestead, FL

Education

Homeschooled ‘10

Personal

Son of Yin Alvarez and Maria Gonzalez...Sister, Dayanis Mesa, is a Spanish television host...Mother and stepfather were both members of the Cuban national gymnastics team...Born in Cuba and moved to the United States at age 2...Became the youngest member of the U.S. national senior team at age 17...Spanish is his first language and can also speak conversational Italian, Romanian and Japanese; he is also currently studying Portuguese...Enjoys playing the piano, painting, drawing, football, music, cartoons and comics.

Olympic Experience

2-time Olympian; 3-time Olympic medalist (2 silver, 1 bronze)

Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, silver (Horizontal Bar - Men, Parallel Bars - Men), 5th (Team - Men), 22th (Pommel Horse - Men)
Olympic Games London 2012, bronze (Individual All-Around - Men), 5th (Horizontal Bar - Men, Team - Men), 10th (Pommel Horse - Men), 12th (Parallel Bars - Men), 19th (Floor Exercise - Men), 31th (Rings - Men)

World Championship Experience

Most recent: 2015 – silver (Horizontal Bar - Men), 5th (Team - Men), 6th (Parallel Bars - Men), 17th (Individual All-Around - Men), 30th (Pommel Horse - Men), 46th (Rings - Men), 47th (Floor Exercise - Men)
Years of participation: Floor Exercise - Men 2010, 2011, 2015; Horizontal Bar - Men 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015; Individual All-Around - Men 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015; Parallel Bars - Men 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015; Pommel Horse - Men 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015; Rings - Men 2010, 2011, 2015; Team - Men 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015
Medals: 5 (1 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)