Dan Hayden (born 1965 in Buffalo, New York [1]) is a retired American gymnast. Hayden was a member of the 1985 and 1987 World Championships teams. He was a US national champion. [2] Hayden competed for Arizona State University and was a collegiate national champion. In 1988, he was second at Olympic Trials during the first day of competition but fell to eighth the second day when he twice missed a Kovacs release on the high bar. He missed selection to the team and was named an alternate. [3] [4]
Hayden's twin brother, Dennis, was also an elite gymnast. The two own a gymnastics facility in Augusta, Georgia. [5] [6] [1] Both brothers were star junior athletes and moved away from home to train. [7]
He was inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2004. [8]
Hayden has one named element on the horizontal bar. [9] [10]
Apparatus | Name | Description | Difficulty [a] |
---|---|---|---|
Horizontal Bar | Hayden | Double salto backward stretched with full twist over the bar | D, 0.4 |
daniel hayden gymnastics.
Dan Hayden (born 1965 in Buffalo, New York [1]) is a retired American gymnast. Hayden was a member of the 1985 and 1987 World Championships teams. He was a US national champion. [2] Hayden competed for Arizona State University and was a collegiate national champion. In 1988, he was second at Olympic Trials during the first day of competition but fell to eighth the second day when he twice missed a Kovacs release on the high bar. He missed selection to the team and was named an alternate. [3] [4]
Hayden's twin brother, Dennis, was also an elite gymnast. The two own a gymnastics facility in Augusta, Georgia. [5] [6] [1] Both brothers were star junior athletes and moved away from home to train. [7]
He was inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2004. [8]
Hayden has one named element on the horizontal bar. [9] [10]
Apparatus | Name | Description | Difficulty [a] |
---|---|---|---|
Horizontal Bar | Hayden | Double salto backward stretched with full twist over the bar | D, 0.4 |
daniel hayden gymnastics.