Dan Hayden
Dan Hayden is a retired American gymnast. Hayden was a member of the 1985 and 1987 World Championships teams. He was a US national champion.[1] 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.[2][3]
Hayden's twin brother, Dennis, was also an elite gymnast. The two own a gymnastics facility in Augusta, Georgia.[4][5][6] Both brothers were star junior athletes and moved away from home to train.[7]
Hayden has a skill named after him on high bar: a double layout with a full twist over the bar.[8] He was inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2004.[9]
References
- ^ http://usagym.org/pages/pressbox/history/nationalchamps_men.html
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/03/sports/olympic-notebook-turmoil-at-gymnastic-trials.html
- ^ http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1988-08-07/sports/8801210066_1_charles-lakes-wes-suter-olympic-trials
- ^ http://www.haydensgym.com/about-us.cfm
- ^ http://www2.nbc26.tv/news/2012/jul/30/gq-how-do-you-make-it-olympics-augusta-ar-4237082/
- ^ http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/your-business/2009-04-13/life-gymnastics-has-twists-and-turns
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=j2YEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA14&dq=daniel+hayden+gymnastics&hl=en&sa=X&ei=aQIrUZnqK7Hy0QHPmIHgDQ&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=daniel%20hayden%20gymnastics&f=false
- ^ http://usagym.org/pages/men/history/skills_named.html
- ^ http://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=1451&prog=h
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