The Most Famous
GYMNASTS from Cuba
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Cuban Gymnasts of all time. This list of famous Cuban Gymnasts is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Danell Leyva (b. 1991)
With an HPI of 23.49, Danell Leyva is the most famous Cuban Gymnast. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Danell Johan Leyva Gonzalez (born October 30, 1991) is a Cuban American former gymnast who competed for the United States. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and is the 2012 Olympic individual all-around bronze medalist and 2016 Olympic parallel bars and horizontal bar silver medalist. He is also the 2011 US national all-around gold medalist and the 2011 world champion on the parallel bars. With a combined total of 8 Olympic and World Championships medals, Leyva is the second most decorated American male gymnast after Paul Hamm. In gymnastics, Leyva was a specialist on parallel bars and horizontal bar, having his own signature move (jam-dislocate-hop to undergrips) on the latter.
2. Marcia Videaux (b. 1999)
With an HPI of 0.00, Marcia Videaux is the 2nd most famous Cuban Gymnast. Her biography has been translated into different languages.
Marcia Teresa Videaux Jiménez (born 21 July 1999) is a Cuban artistic gymnast. She is the 2015 Pan American Games champion and the 2018 Pan American Championships silver medalist on the vault. She is the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games team, all-around, and floor exercise champion and the vault and uneven bars silver medalist. She has won four medals, including two gold, on the FIG World Cup series. She represented Cuba at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Cuban gymnasts born between 1991 and 1999. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Cuban gymnasts include Danell Leyva, and Marcia Videaux. As of April 2024, 1 new Cuban gymnasts have been added to Pantheon including Marcia Videaux.
