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Danell Leyva

Danell Leyva
Team Hilton - Universal Gymnastics Inc.

Career Highlights

  • 2015 World high bar silver medalist. Also finished sixth on parallel bars
  • 2015 U.S. parallel bars bronze medalist
  • 2015 Winter Cup parallel bars champion
  • USOC Athlete of the Month for October 2014
  • 2014 World parallel bars silver medalist and team bronze medalist
  • Four-time U.S. parallel bars champion – 2010-12, 2014
  • 2014 Winter Cup Challenge high bar silver medalist
  • 2013 U.S. high bar bronze medalist
  • 2012 Olympic all-around bronze medalist. Also competed in high bar finals
  • Three-time U.S. high bar champion – 2009, 2011-12
  • 2012 U.S. parallel bars & high bar champion and all-around silver medalist
  • 2012 AT&T American Cup all-around champion
  • 2012 Winter Cup Challenge high bar champion (tie) and floor exercise silver medalist
  • 2011 World Championships parallel bars gold medalist and team bronze medalist
  • 2011 U.S. all-around, parallel bars and horizontal bar champion
  • 2011 Winter Cup Challenge parallel bars and horizontal bar champion
  • Member of the 2009-11 World Championships Teams
  • 2010 U.S. parallel bars champion, all-around silver medalist and horizontal bar bronze medalist
  • 2010 Winter Cup Challenge parallel bars champion
  • 2009 U.S. horizontal bar champion (tie)
  • 2009 Winter Cup Challenge parallel bars champion and all-around silver medalist

National Competition Results

  • 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, St. Louis. Mo. – 2nd-PB; 3rd-HB; 10th-AA
  • 2016 P&G Championships, Hartford, Conn. – 4th-PB; 6th-HB
  • 2016 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. –
  • 2015 P&G Championships, Indianapolis, Ind. – 3rd-PB; 4th-HB; 6th-AA(T)
  • 2015 National Qualifier, Colorado Springs, Colo. – 1st-AA, FX(T), PB, HB
  • 2015 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. – 1st-PB; 10th-AA
  • 2014 P&G Championships, Pittsburgh, Pa. – 1st-PB; 5th-AA, PH, HB
  • 2014 National Qualifier, Colorado Springs, Colo. – 1st-PB; 5th-AA; 6th-VT(T), HB; 8th-PH(T)
  • 2014 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. – 2nd-PB; 7th-FX; 8th-HB; 9th-AA
  • 2013 P&G Championships, Hartford, Conn. – 3rd-HB; 5th-PB(T); 7th-AA
  • 2013 National Qualifier, Colorado Springs, Colo. – 1st-AA, PB, HB; 3rd-VT(T)
  • 2013 Winter Cup Challenge – Las Vegas, Nev. – 1st-PB, HB; 3rd-AA; 5th-SR
  • 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, San Jose, Calif. – 1st-AA, PB, HB; 2nd-PH; 6th-VT(T); 7th-SR; 8th-FX
  • 2012 Visa Championships, St. Louis, Mo. – 1st-PB, HB; 2nd-AA; 4th-PH; 5th-FX
  • 2012 National Qualifier, Colorado Springs, Colo. – 2nd-PB; 3rd-VT; 6th-FX
  • 2012 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. – 1st-HB(T); 2nd-FX; 4th-AA, PB
  • 2011 Visa Championships, Saint Paul, Minn. – 1st-AA, PB, HB; 4th-PH; 7th-FX; 8th-SR, VT
  • 2011 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. – 1st-PB, HB; 2nd-AA; 4th-SR
  • 2010 Visa Championships, Hartford, Conn. – 1st-PB; 2nd-AA; 3rd-HB
  • 2010 National Qualifier, Colorado Springs, Colo. – 1st-HB; 2nd-AA, SR; 8th-PB(T)
  • 2010 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. – 1st-PB; 2nd-HB; 4th-AA
  • 2009 Visa Championships, Dallas, Texas – 1st-HB(T); 2nd-PB(T); 5th-AA
  • 2009 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. – 1st-PB; 2nd-AA; 3rd-HB; 6th-VT
  • 2008 Visa Championships, Houston, Texas – 8th-HB
  • 2008 Men’s Junior Olympic National Championships, Battle Creek, Mich. – 1st-AA, HB, PB, PH
  • 2008 U.S. Men’s Qualifier, Colorado Springs, Colo. – 3rd-AA; 3rd-HB; 4th-PB
  • 2008 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. –
  • 2007 Visa Championships, San Jose, Calif. –
  • 2007 Men’s Junior Olympic National Championships, Oklahoma City, Okla. – 1st-AA, PB, HB; 2nd-FX, SR
  • 2007 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. –
  • 2006 Visa Championships, St. Paul, Minn. – 1st-AA, FX(T), HB; 2nd-PB(T); 4th-PH; 5th-SR (Jr. Div.)
  • 2006 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. –

International Competition Results

  • 2016 Stuttgart World Cup, Stuttgart, Germany – 2nd-AA
  • 2015 Mexican Open – 1st-HB; 2nd-FX, PH; 3rd-AA; 4th-SR; 5th-PB; 6th-VT
  • 2015 World Championships, Glasgow, Great Britain – 2nd-HB; 5th-Team; 6th-PB
  • 2015 Doha World Cup, Doha, Qatar – 3rd-HB; 4th-PB
  • 2014 IV Abierto Mexicano de Gimnasia, Acapulco, Mexico – 1st-PB; 2nd-AA, FX(T), VT, HB; 5th-PH, SR(T)
  • 2014 World Championships, Nanning, China – 2nd-PB; 3rd-Team
  • 2013 French International World Cup, Paris, France – 1st-HB
  • 2013 AT&T American Cup, Worcester, Mass. – 6th-AA
  • 2012 World Cup, Glasgow, Scotland – 4th-AA
  • 2012 World Cup, Stuttgart, Germany – 5th-AA
  • 2012 Olympic Games, London, England – 3rd-AA; 5th-Team, HB
  • 2012 China World Cup, Zibo, China – 4th-HB
  • 2012 AT&T American Cup, New York, N.Y. – 1st-AA
  • 2011 Mexican Open, Acapulco, Mexico – 1st-AA
  • 2011 World Championships, Tokyo, Japan – 1st-PB; 3rd-Team
  • 2011 Japan Cup – 2nd-Team; 3rd-Aa
  • 2011 World Cup, Moscow, Russia –
  • 2011 Paris World Cup, Bercy, France – 2nd-HB
  • 2010 World Championships, Rotterdam, Netherlands – 4th-Team; 5th-HB
  • 2010 Pacific Rim Championships, Melbourne, Australia – 1st-Team, PB, HB; 3rd-SR; 7th-AA, PH
  • 2010 17th Internationaux de France World Cup, Paris, France –
  • 2009 World Championships, London, England – 4th-HB
  • 2009 World Cup, Montreal, Quebec, Canada – 4th-HB
  • 2008 PAGU Individual Event Championships, Rosario, Argentina – 1st-HB, 2nd-PH, PB; 6th-FX
  • 2008 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships, San Jose, Calif. – 1st-Team, AA; 3rd-PB; 4th-PH; 5th-VT(T); 6th-HB(T); 8th-SR (Jr. Div.)
  • 2008 USA vs Canada, Calgary, Albera, Canada – 1st-Team; 3rd-AA, VT; 4th-PH, HB
  • 2007 Junior Pan American Championships, Guatemala City, Guatemala – 1st-Team, HB; 4th-AA, PH, VT (Jr. Div.)
  • 2007 International Jr. Japan Competition, Yokohama, Japan – 2nd-FX, HB; 3rd-AA, PB; 3rd-VT(T); 4th-SR (Jr. Div.)