Career Highlights

Inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2023
2016 Olympic parallel bars & high bar silver medalist
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
Coached by his step-father, Yin Alvarez

Personal Information

Nickname: Danell
Hometown: Miami, FL
Personal Website: danelljleyva.com/
Twitter: @danelljleyva
Facebook: Facebook.com/DanellLeyva
Year you began gymnastics: 1995
How did you get involved in gymnastics: Both my parents were gymnasts, and now they're coaches.
Names of parents/guardians/spouse: Yin Alvarez and Maria Gonzalez, both coaches
Names of sibling(s): Dayanis Mesa, she works on a Spanish television show.
Family members in sports: My mom's cousin once held the world record in holding his breath underwater. (7:15)

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 Men's Junior Olympic National Championships, Battle Creek, Mich. - 1st-AA, HB, PB, PH
2008 Visa Championships, Houston, Texas - 8th-HB
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 Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 2nd-PB, HB; 5th-Team
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.)