Guillermo Alvarez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Guillermo Carlos Alvarez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Colorado, U.S. | October 24, 1982||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relatives | Bryan Alvarez (cousin) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gymnastics career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | United States (2005–2009) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Minnesota Golden Gophers (2002–2005) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gym | Gymnastika, Inc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Mike Burns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eponymous skills | Alvarez (horizontal bar) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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, Alvarez started gymnastics at 10 years old. [3] He trained at Gymnastika, Inc. under coach Alexei Koudria in Wheatridge, Colorado. [4] He attended Green Mountain High School in Lakewood, Colorado. [5] He enrolled at the University of Minnesota to pursue gymnastics.
In college, Alvarez competed for the Minnesota Golden Gophers men's gymnastics team from 2002 to 2005 and was the 2005 Nissen Award winner (the "Heisman" of men's gymnastics). [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
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 [11] 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. [12]
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. [12] He later became a coach with the Icelandic National Team. [12] [13] [14]
Alvarez is the cousin of Bryan Alvarez. [15]
Alvarez has one named element on the horizontal bar. [16] [17]
Apparatus | Name | Description | Difficulty [a] | Added to Code of Points |
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Horizontal bar | Alvarez | "Double salto fwd. str. with 1/1 or 3/2 t." | E, 0.5 | Performed at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, but added to CoP in 2021. [18] |