DANELL LEYVA Professional Gymnast • Claim to fame: First Cuban-American gymnast to make the U.S. Olympic men’s gymnastics team, 2015 World high bar silver medalist, 2012 Olympic all-around bronze medalist, USOC Athlete of the Month for October 2014 • Birthplace: Cárdenas, Cuba • Hometown: Miami, Florida • Birthday: October 30, 1991 • Height: 5’7” • Danell on milk and nutrition: “Ever since I was young, I’ve always had milk in the morning. It’s always been in my everyday life and even when I travel now, I make sure I have milk in the morning because it really helps me with my training.” • Fun Facts: o Danell is coached by his stepfather, Yin Alvarez o His sister, Dayanis Mesa, works on a Spanish television show o Danell loves cartoons – his favorite TV shows are , , and Family Guy! o A cousin of Danell’s mom once held the world record for holding his breath underwater – he did it for 7 minutes and 15 seconds! • Social Media: o Twitter: @danelljleyva o Instagram: @danelljleyva o Official Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DanellLeyva

BIO: Danell Leyva is a U.S. Olympic bronze medalist in all-around gymnastics who hopes to make Team USA and compete once again in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. A gymnast since age 4, he is coached by his stepfather in the high bar, parallel bars and floor events. He is the 2015 U.S. parallel bars bronze medalist, the 2015 Winter Cup parallel bars champion and the October 2014 USOC Athlete of the Month.

AWARDS & ACCOLADES: • Danell is a four-time U.S. Champion in parallel bars (2010, 2011, 2012, 2014) and a three-time U.S. Champion in high bar (2009, 2011, 2012). • In addition to winning the all-around bronze medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games, Danell competed in the high bar finals. • In 2012, Danell was named the AT&T American Cup All-Around Champion.