The “American Dream” is reality for anyone willing to work for it no matter where you come from or obstacles that get in your way. This is true for, Cuban-American, Danell Leyva a U.S. Men’s Gymnastics Olympian. He was successful despite health issues and those who doubted him. If it wasn’t for Gymnasts before him he might not of gotten to live the life he does and get the chances he has gotten. Danell Leyva was born on October 30th, 1991 in Cardenas, Cuba to Johan Leyva and Maria Gonzalez. At two years of age Danell, his mother and sister defected to America where he grew up in Miami, Florida. Soon after they came to America Leyva’s mother met Yin Alvarez, a Cuban gymnast whom his mother competed with on the Cuban national gymnastics team. Together they opened a gym where Danell started
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In 1774, Johann Bernhard Basedow, a Prussian, combined physical exercise with other forms of teaching at his school in Dessau. This began the modernization of the sport into the forefront of Germanic countries. Later in the 1700s Friedrich Ludwig Jahn developed the side bar, the horizontal bar, the parallel bars, the balance beam, and jumping events. Because of this he is considered the father of gymnastics. Today gymnastics is played all around the world. Gymnastics is a prominent fixture in the summer olympic games every four years. Men's gymnastics made its first appearance in the 1896 olympics in Athens with 8 events. Women’s gymnastics was finally introduced at the 1928 olympics in Amsterdam with one team event. Today women’s gymnastics has 6 events; individual all-around, beam, uneven bars, vault, floor exercise, and team competition. Men’s gymnastics has 8 events; individual all-around, vault, pommel horse, rings, horizontal bar, parallel bars, floor exercise, and team
In 1774, Johann Bernhard Basedow, a Prussian, combined physical exercise with other forms of teaching at his school in Dessau. This began the modernization of the sport into the forefront of Germanic countries. Later in the 1700s Friedrich Ludwig Jahn developed the side bar, the horizontal bar, the parallel bars, the balance beam, and jumping events. Because of this he is considered the father of gymnastics. Today gymnastics is played all around the world. Gymnastics is a prominent fixture in the summer olympic games every four years. Men's gymnastics made its first appearance in the 1896 olympics in Athens with 8 events. Women’s gymnastics was finally introduced at the 1928 olympics in Amsterdam with one team event. Today women’s gymnastics has 6 events; individual all-around, beam, uneven bars, vault, floor exercise, and team competition. Men’s gymnastics has 8 events; individual all-around, vault, pommel horse, rings, horizontal bar, parallel bars, floor exercise, and team