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] |
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| Horizontal Bar | Hayden | Double salto backward stretched with full twist over the bar | D, 0.4 |
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NCAA Championships for Dan Hayden
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