Guillermo Alvarez (gymnast)

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Guillermo Alvarez
Full nameGuillermo Carlos Alvarez
Country represented United States
Born (1982-10-24) October 24, 1982 (age 41)
Colorado, U.S.
Hometown Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
Years on national team2005–2009
College team Minnesota Golden Gophers
Head coach(es)Mike Burns
Eponymous skills Alvarez (horizontal bar)
Retired2009
Medal record
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Men's artistic gymnastics
Event1st2nd3rd
Pan American Games 012
Pan American Championships 110
Total122
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Rio de Janeiro Floor
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Rio de Janeiro All-around
Pan American Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 Rio de Janeiro Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2005 Rio de Janeiro Floor
Awards Nissen-Emery Award (2005)

Guillermo Carlos Alvarez [1] (born October 24, 1982) is an American artistic gymnastics coach and former gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and won three medals while representing the United States at the 2007 Pan American Games.

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Early life and education

Alvarez was born October 24, 1982, in Colorado. [2] His father emigrated from Rioverde, San Luis Potosí to Idaho and the family worked in potato fields. [3] A native of Denver, he attended Green Mountain High School in Lakewood, Colorado. [4] He enrolled at the University of Minnesota to pursue gymnastics.

Gymnastics career

In college, Alvarez competed for the Minnesota Golden Gophers men's gymnastics team and was the 2005 Nissen Award winner (the "Heisman" of men's gymnastics). [5] [6] [7] [8]

Domestically, he was the floor apparatus national champion at the 2005 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships.

Alvarez was a member of the 2005 Pan American Gymnastics Championships team and won a team all-around gold medal and silver medal on the floor. The following year, he won two individual medals and one team medal at the 2007 Pan American Games. He was a member of the 2006 and 2007 World Championship teams. In 2008, he just missed the Olympics, finishing 6th in the all-around and 3rd on pommel horse, but was not selected.

Alvarez retired from competition in 2009 at the age of 26. [9]

Coaching career

Following his retirement, Alvarez began coaching. He began coaching in 2009 at TAGS Gymnastics in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, alongside a fellow Minnesota Golden Gophers gymnast. [9] He later became a coach with the Icelandic National Team. [9] [10] [11]

Personal life

Alvarez is the cousin of Bryan Alvarez. [12]

Eponymous skills

Alvarez has one named element on the horizontal bar. [13] [14]

Gymnastics elements named after Guillermo Alvarez
ApparatusNameDescriptionDifficulty [lower-alpha 1] Added to Code of Points
Horizontal barAlvarez"Double salto fwd. str. with 1/1 or 3/2 t."E, 0.5Performed at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, but added to CoP in 2021. [15]
  1. ↑ Valid for the 2025–2028 Code of Points

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  2. ↑ "Vignette featuring Team Chevron gymnasts will air during NBC's broadcast". usagym.org. August 17, 2006. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Olympic spotlight: Former Minnesota Gophers gymnast Guillermo Alvarez". St. Paul Pioneer Press . May 10, 2008. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
  4. ↑ "MGYM: Alvarez Named Big Ten Gymnast of the Week For Second Straight Week". gophersports.com. February 16, 2005. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
  5. ↑ Weiner, Jay (June 19, 2008). "Dependable Alvarez falls just short of Olympic gymnastics team". MinnPost. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Q & A with Minnesota Gymnast Guillermo Alvarez - BIG TEN CONFERENCE Official Athletic Site". Bigten.org. April 6, 2005. Archived from the original on April 22, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  7. ↑ ":: USA Gymnastics :: Guillermo Alvarez ::". Usagym.org. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Guillermo Alvarez - USA Gymnastics". Team USA. Archived from the original on February 21, 2013. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  9. 1 2 3 Huss, Daniel (July 21, 2015). "Icelandic National coach back in EP". swnewsmedia.com. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
  10. ↑ Þorsteinsdóttir, Auður Inga (April 22, 2015). "Frábært Evrópumót í áhaldafimleikum". gerpla.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved August 18, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Former Gopher Alvarez to Coach in Iceland". gophersports.com. September 27, 2013. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
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  13. ↑ "Table of Named Elements Men's Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). gymnastics.sport. December 2023. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
  14. ↑ "Men's Artistic Gymnastics Code of Points 2025–2028" (PDF). gymnastics.sport. July 3, 2024. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
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