Daniel Corral

Daniel Corral
— Gymnast —
Full name	Daniel Corral Barrón
Country represented	Mexico
Born	(1990-01-25) 25 January 1990 Ensenada, Mexico
Hometown	Ensenada
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Medal record Men's gymnastics Competitor for  Mexico World Championships 2013 Antwerp Pommel Horse Summer Universiade 2013 Kazan Pommel Horse Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Pommel Horse 2011 Guadalajara Parallel Bars 2015 Toronto Pommel Horse Central American and Caribbean Games 2006 Cartagena Team 2010 Mayagüez Team 2006 Cartagena Floor Exercise 2010 Mayagüez Vault 2014 Veracruz Rings 2014 Veracruz Parallel Bars

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

Career

He 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] In 2012 he qualified to the 2012 Summer Olympic Games to the individual all-around competition, when he finished 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]

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