Dan, Danny, Keatings (NOC, 31 Jul 2008)

Football, spending time with his friends and family, playing computer games, supporting English football team Liverpool. (Twitter profile, 17 Apr 2014; telegraph.co.uk, 02 Aug 2011)

Athlete

Partner Steph Donativo

English

Huntingdon GC [England]

Paul Hall [club] (huntingdon-gymnastics.org, 21 Mar 2016)

2006 for Scotland, Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia (Facebook page, 14 Aug 2013)

In April 2012 he damaged ligaments in his ankle. The injury forced him to miss the 2012 European Championships in Montpellier, France. (bbc.co.uk, 04 Jul 2012; metro.co.uk, 13 Apr 2012)

In March 2010 he ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee after landing awkwardly in training. The injury required surgery and it took him 15 months to return to action. (danielkeatings.com, 09 Oct 2011; telegraph.co.uk, 01 Apr 2011; bbc.co.uk, 25 May 2010)

In May 2007 he suffered a back injury after falling from the high bar during an event in Moscow, Russia. (Evening Telegraph 02 Aug 2007; International Gymnast, 02 Aug 2007)

He suffered three stress fractures in his back when he fell from the high bar at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, VIC, Australia. He took a year to fully recover from the injury. (danielkeatings.co.uk, 31 Jul 2009; scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com, 27 Apr 2008)

He took up gymnastics at age five in Corby, England. (Athlete, 09 Jan 2012)

His father wanted to enrol him in kickboxing classes, but the insurance did not cover him because he was too young so his mother enrolled him in gymnastics classes instead. (Athlete, 09 Jan 2012)

Japanese artistic gymnast Hiroyuki Tomita, US boxer Muhammad Ali, British rower Steve Redgrave. (danielkeatings.co.uk, 31 Jul 2009; NOC, 31 Jul 2008)

Awards
He was named 2010 Northamptonshire [England] Sports Personality of the Year. (bbc.co.uk, 05 Nov 2010)

He was named 2009 Senior Male Artistic Gymnast of the Year at the Scottish Gymnastics Awards. (scottishgymnastics.org, 12 Jul 2011)

He won the 2009 Inspirational Performance of the Year at the BBC East Sports Awards. (opusenergycommunity.com, 09 Dec 2009)

General
LONDON 2012 DISAPPOINTMENT
He missed out on selection for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, despite having been part of the team that helped Great Britain qualify a full team for the Games. "To just miss out [on Olympic selection] sucked all the life and energy out of me. At the [2012] British championships I got two golds and three bronzes, I got two silvers at grand prix that year, and personally I thought that would have been enough to make the team, but obviously in other people's eyes it wasn't." (bbc.co.uk, 28 Mar 2014; bbc.co.uk, 04 Jul 2012)

CONSIDERED QUITTING THE SPORT
The injury he sustained at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, VIC, Australia, continued to trouble him for the following year, and even made him consider giving up artistic gymnastics. "I seriously considered quitting. After eight weeks of complete rest it was purely my love of the sport that made me return. It was very slow at first and I wasn't convinced I would ever return to my previous level, but I kept improving slowly." (danielkeatings.co.uk, 31 Jul 2009)

NATIONAL FIRSTS
He was the first British artistic gymnast to win a medal in the all-around event at the world championships when he won silver in London, England, in 2009. He was also the first British gymnast to win a senior gold medal on the pommel horse at the European championships when he won in Birmingham, England, in 2010. (express.co.uk, 09 Oct 2011)