Danell Leyva

Danell Leyva

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1991 -

Occupation

Sports

Notable Achievements

Olympic Silver, Olympic Bronze

Description

Gymnastics competitor specializing in parallel bars and horizontal bar. United States national all-around gold medalist (2011), four-time U.S. parallel bars champion (2010-2012, 2014), three-time U.S. high bar champion (2009, 2011-2012), and the world champion on the parallel bars (2011). The 2012 Olympic individual all-around bronze medalist and 2016 Olympic parallel bars and horizontal bar silver medalist.

See Also

• World Sports Champions Who Identify as LGBTQ

Further Reading/Research

• https://usagym.org/pages/athletes/athleteListDetail.html?id=323586
• https://www.outsports.com/2020/10/30/21542054/danell-leyva-comes-out-olympic-lgbt-gymnast
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfRBPd_yHKw

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