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For the American college baseball coach, see Dan Hayden (baseball).

Daniel Hayden (born 1965 in Buffalo, New York[1]) is a retired American gymnast. Hayden was a United States men’s national artistic gymnastics team member and appeared at the 1985 and 1987 World Championships. 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 the Olympic Trials during the first day of competition but fell to eighth on the second day when he twice missed a Kovacs release on the horizontal bar. He was not selected for the team but was named as 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]

Eponymous skills

Hayden has one named element on the horizontal bar.[9][10]

Gymnastics elements named after Dan Hayden
Apparatus Name Description Difficulty[a] Added to Code of Points
Horizontal bar Hayden “Double salto bwd. str. w. 1/1 t. over the bar.” D, 0.4 1989
  1. ^ Valid for the 2025–2028 Code of Points

References

  1. ^ a b LaTina Emerson. “Life in gymnastics has twists and turns | The Augusta Chronicle”. Chronicle.augusta.com. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
  2. ^ “:: USA Gymnastics :: U.S. National Champions – Men ::”. Usagym.org. Archived from the original on 2016-04-23. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
  3. ^ Michael Janofsky (1988-08-03). “Olympic Notebook; Turmoil at Gymnastic Trials – New York Times”. The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
  4. ^ Mike Conklin. (1988-08-07). “Top U.s. Men’s Gymnast Has Star Quality – Chicago Tribune”. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
  5. ^ “About Us”. Haydens Gym. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
  6. ^ “Home – NBC 26 – Here for You”. .nbc26.tv. Retrieved 2013-05-13.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ Boys’ Life. Boy Scouts of America. July 1944. p. 14. Retrieved 2013-05-13 – via Internet Archive. daniel hayden gymnastics.
  8. ^ “:: USA Gymnastics :: USA Gymnastics Hall Of Fame Class Of 2004 Inducted Tonight ::”. Usagym.org. 2004-06-26. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
  9. ^ “Table of Named Elements Men’s Artistic Gymnastics” (PDF). gymnastics.sport. December 2023. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
  10. ^ “Men’s Artistic Gymnastics Code of Points 2025–2028” (PDF). gymnastics.sport. July 3, 2024. Retrieved August 13, 2024.