Danell Leyva estimated Net Worth, Biography, Age, Height, Dating, Relationship Records, Salary, Income, Cars, Lifestyles & many more details have been updated below. Check back for updates and visit my Official website www.danelljleyva.com! “One hundred percent of my time and effort and focus is surrounding acting and the acting world.”. Danell Leyva‘s run of 10 straight years competing at the senior U.S. When Danell Leyva trained gymnastics, he needed to devote 100 percent of his time and effort to become a triple Olympic medalist. It was just somebody pointing at us and that doesn’t feel good.”. Leyva won three Olympic medals for Team USA. He is the 2012 Olympic individual all-around bronze medalist and 2016 Olympic parallel bars and horizontal bar silver medalist. Talk perseverance with Danell Leyva ... I’ve been an actor and a writer since I retired from my gymnastics career. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. Then the two [silver] medals back-to-back [in Rio]. Imagine being nominated for an award, any award.”. I feel really happy doing what I’m doing right now.”, Leyva moved from Miami to California in December, four months after bagging two silver medals in Rio. “To make an Olympic team is insane, and to be able to say that you’re part of the few percent that actually won a medal is definitely even harder. (from left to right) Arthur Nory Mariano, Danell Leyva, Donnell Whittenburg. He's the 2012 Olympic individual all-around bronze medalist, and … The 28-year-old Leyva was born in Matanzas, Cuba, but raised in Miami, Florida. Gymnastics Championships comes to end this summer. Danell Leyva Photos - Danell Leyva of the USA stands on the podium after winning the gold medal in the Men's Parallel bars final during the day ten of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Tokyo 2011 at Tokyo metropolitan Gymnasium on October 16, 2011 in Tokyo, Japan. 240.1k Followers, 1,347 Following, 151 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Danell J Leyva (@danelljleyva) Leyva’s accomplishments include a world parallel bars title, an Olympic all-around bronze medal in 2012 and then Olympic silver medals on parallel bars and high bar in a 90-minute span in Rio. Olympic gymnast Danell Leyva has accomplished a lot in his 24 years on this planet. by Free Britney at July 31, 2012 12:56 pm . It’s hard on the body, a lot of different factors,” Leyva said. Olympic Gymnast Danell Leyva Comes Out, Discusses Identity Struggle “I didn’t think it was gonna blow up the way it did,” said of his tweets. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Flipboard (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window), “The all-around medal was bittersweet because it wasn’t higher than what I thought it could be, but it was my first Olympic medal,” he said. “I didn’t think it was gonna blow up the way it did,” Leyva said, noting that the responses were both positive and comforting. / Images via Instagram @arthurnory, @danelljleyva, & @donnell_whittenburg. “The all-around medal was bittersweet because it wasn’t higher than what I thought it could be, but it was my first Olympic medal,” he said. Reviewed by M*** on December 27th, 2020. Do you know how many actors there are in the world? He found similarities between athletic and dramatic pursuits. Like many famous people and celebrities, Danell Leyva keeps his personal life private. He signed up for acting classes, filmed two commercials (one already aired), appeared in a Nickelodeon show and was a choreography consultant for “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.”. Danell Leyva: Shirtless Photo Shoot! All in all, we’re going to have a great time chatting and that’s a scout’s honor. He and U.S. Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney have both been sponsored by Adidas. “I have to set big, lofty goals. Two-time Olympic gymnast Danell Leyva says that, for him, stereotypes surrounding his sport may have been one of the biggest obstacles to his coming out as a member of the LGBTQ community.. Leyva admits that coming out was made even more difficult by his stubbornness and determination – traits that helped lift him to the Olympic podium three times. He is the 2011 U.S national all-around gold medalist and the 2011 world champion on the parallel bars.