Daniel Villafañe

Daniel Villafañe
Full nameDaniel Ángel Villafañe
Born (1993-07-06) July 6, 1993
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented
Argentina Argentina
(2015–present)
ClubClub de Gimnasia y Esgrima
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing the  Argentina
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place2023 SantiagoRings
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 MedellínRings
Gold medal – first place2025 Panama CityRings
Silver medal – second place2024 Santa MartaRings
Bronze medal – third place2016 SucreRings
Bronze medal – third place2018 LimaRings
Bronze medal – third place2021 Rio de JaneiroVault
Bronze medal – third place2022 Rio de JaneiroVault
Bronze medal – third place2024 Santa MartaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2025 Panama CityTeam
South American Games
Gold medal – first place2022 AsunciónRings
Silver medal – second place2022 AsunciónTeam
Silver medal – second place2022 AsunciónVault
Bronze medal – third place2018 CochabambaTeam
South American Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 San JuanRings
Gold medal – first place2022 LimaRings
Gold medal – first place2024 AracajuRings
Silver medal – second place2015 CaliRings
Silver medal – second place2016 LimaTeam
Silver medal – second place2016 LimaAll-around
Silver medal – second place2017 CochabambaTeam
Silver medal – second place2021 San JuanTeam
Silver medal – second place2022 LimaTeam
Silver medal – second place2024 AracajuTeam
Bronze medal – third place2017 CochabambaRings
Bronze medal – third place2017 CochabambaVault
Bronze medal – third place2024 AracajuVault

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] Villafañe competed at the World Challenge Cups in Paris and Szombathely, placing sixth on rings at the former and winning silver at the latter behind Mehmet Ayberk Koşak. His results throughout the 2025 World Challenge Cup series led him to win the series title on rings.[12]

Competitive history

Competitive history of Daniel Villafañe
Year Event Team AA FX PH SR VT PB HB
2015 South American Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2016
Pan American Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)
South American Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2017 South American Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)643rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World Championships38
2018 South American Games3rd place, bronze medalist(s)22476
Pan American Championships615
World Championships50
2019
Pan American Games8177
World Championships6321
2021
Pan American Championships41653rd place, bronze medalist(s)
South American Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)101st place, gold medalist(s)5
2022
Pan American Championships683rd place, bronze medalist(s)
South American Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)71st place, gold medalist(s)6
South American Games2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2023
Pan American Championships51st place, gold medalist(s)
Szombathely World Challenge Cup3rd place, bronze medalist(s)7
Paris World Challenge Cup6
Pan American Games42nd place, silver medalist(s)5
2024 Cairo World Cup7
Pan American Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)6
South American Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)4
2025 Varna World Challenge Cup3rd place, bronze medalist(s)4
Koper World Challenge Cup5
Pan American Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Paris World Challenge Cup6
Szombathely World Challenge Cup2nd place, silver medalist(s)5
2026 Cottbus World Cup6
Baku World Cup8
Antalya World Cup5
Pan American Championships66

References

  1. ↑ "VILLAFAÑE, Daniel - Gimnasia artística". Argentine Olympic Committee (in Spanish).
  2. 1 2 "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.
  3. ↑ "2022 Pan American Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. July 20, 2022.
  4. ↑ "2022 South American Championships Men's results". The Gymternet. August 24, 2022.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "A new Hungarian generation rises in Szombathely". International Gymnastics Federation. September 11, 2023.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "2024 Pan American Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. May 28, 2024.
  9. ↑ "2024 South American Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. October 21, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Nineteen nations in the medals at Varna World Challenge Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. May 12, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Bronce para Argentina en el Panamericano" [Bronze for Argentina at the Pan American Championships]. 3200.ar (in Spanish). June 14, 2025.
  12. ↑ "Turkïye on top among winners of FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup series". International Gymnastics Federation. September 30, 2025.
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