Daniel Corral
Full nameDaniel Corral Barrón
Country represented Mexico
Born (1990-01-25) 25 January 1990 (age 34)
Ensenada, Mexico
HometownEnsenada
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Medal record
Men's gymnastics
Representing  Mexico
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Antwerp Pommel Horse
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2013 Kazan Pommel Horse
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara Pommel Horse
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara Parallel Bars
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Toronto Pommel Horse
Central American and Caribbean Games
Silver medal – second place 2006 Cartagena Team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Mayagüez Team
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Cartagena Floor Exercise
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Mayagüez Vault
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Veracruz Rings
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Veracruz Parallel Bars

Daniel Corral Barrón (born 25 January 1990) is a Mexican gymnast.

Career

Corral participated at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games where he won the silver medal at the team competition and the bronze medal at the vault final.[1] He then competed at the 2011 Pan-American Games, where he achieved two gold medals in the pommel horse and parallel bars finals.[2] He qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics individual all-around competition, where he placed 4th at the 2012 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event, he also achieved the gold medal in the parallel bars final in the same event.[3]

In 2013 at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships held in Antwerp he participated and qualified in 2nd place to the Pommel Horse final, where he tied with British gymnast Max Whitlock for the silver medal with a score of 15.633, thereby becoming the first Mexican gymnast to win a medal at the World Championships.[4]

In 2019, although he did not qualify for any finals, he earned a qualification spot to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

References

  1. ^ Biografía y resultados (biography and results) (es)[usurped]
  2. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics Results - CORRAL Daniel". Info.guadalajara2011.org.mx. 1990-01-25. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
  3. ^ "El mexicano Daniel Corral logra el oro en el Preolímpico de Londres (Mexican Daniel Corral takes gold at Pre-Olympic in London) (es)". Mexico.cnn.com. 2012-01-13. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-06. Retrieved 2013-10-05.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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