Daniel Villafañe
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| Full name | Daniel Ángel Villafañe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 6, 1993 Buenos Aires, Argentina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | Argentina (2015–present) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Daniel Ángel Villafañe (born July 6, 1993)[1] is an Argentine artistic gymnast. He is a two-time Pan American Champion as well as the 2023 Pan American Games silver medalist on rings.
Early life
Villafañe was born in Buenos Aires in 1993. He began training gymnastics when he was seven years old.[2] In addition to training gymnastics full time, Villafañe also works as a teacher at Club Comunicaciones.[2]
Gymnastics career
2022–2024
Villafañe competed at the 2022 Pan American Championships where he won bronze on vault behind Caio Souza and Félix Dolci.[3] The following month he competed at the South American Championships where he won gold on rings.[4]
Villafañe competed at the 2023 Pan American Championships where he won his first Pan American title on rings.[5] Villafañe won a bronze medal on rings at the 2023 Szombathely World Challenge Cup.[6] In late November Villafañe competed at the 2023 Pan American Games where he won silver on rings behind Donnell Whittenburg.[7]
At the 2024 Pan American Championships Villafañe won silver on rings.[8] Later that year he competed at the South American Championships where he won gold on rings.[9]
2025
Villafañe began the 2025 season competing at the Varna World Challenge Cup where he won bronze on rings behind Adem Asil and Nguyễn Văn Khánh Phong.[10] In June he competed at the 2025 Pan American Championships where he won his second Pan American title on rings. Additionally he helped Argentina win bronze in the team final.[11]
Competitive history
References
- ^ "VILLAFAÑE, Daniel - Gimnasia artística". Argentine Olympic Committee (in Spanish).
- ^ a b "Daniel Villafañe y el miedo a "perderlo todo": "Si hubiese nacido en Estados Unidos, sería campeón mundial"" [Daniel Villafañe and the fear of “losing everything”: “If I had been born in the United States, I would be a world champion.”]. La Nación (in Spanish). October 21, 2023.
- ^ "2022 Pan American Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. July 20, 2022.
- ^ "2022 South American Championships Men's results". The Gymternet. August 24, 2022.
- ^ "Daniel Villafañe, un oro que reluce hacia el futuro" [Daniel Villafañe, a gold that shines towards the future]. Argentine Amateur Sports (in Spanish). June 20, 2023.
- ^ "A new Hungarian generation rises in Szombathely". International Gymnastics Federation. September 11, 2023.
- ^ "El gimnasta Daniel Villafañe logró la medalla de plata en anillas en los Juegos Panamericanos Santiago 2023" [Gymnast Daniel Villafañe won the silver medal on rings at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games.]. Yahoo News (in Spanish). October 24, 2023.
- ^ "2024 Pan American Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. May 28, 2024.
- ^ "2024 South American Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. October 21, 2024.
- ^ "Nineteen nations in the medals at Varna World Challenge Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. May 12, 2025.
- ^ "Bronce para Argentina en el Panamericano" [Bronze for Argentina at the Pan American Championships]. 3200.ar (in Spanish). June 14, 2025.