Dan Hayden

Dan Hayden (born 1965 in Buffalo, New York ) is a retired American gymnast. Hayden was a member of the 1985 and 1987 World Championships teams. He was a US national champion. 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.

Hayden's twin brother, Dennis, was also an elite gymnast. The two own a gymnastics facility in Augusta, Georgia. Both brothers were star junior athletes and moved away from home to train.

He was inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2004.

Eponymous skills
Hayden has one named element on the horizontal bar.