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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]

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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
ApparatusNameDescriptionDifficulty [lower-alpha 1]
Horizontal BarHaydenDouble salto backward stretched with full twist over the barD, 0.4
  1. Valid for the 2025–2028 Code of Points

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