U.S. Olympic Athletes
Guillermo Alvarez
 Biography | |
| Alvarez was a member of the 2006 World Championships team. He's a graduate of the University of Minnesota and the winner of the 2005 NCAA Nissen-Emery Award. Alvarez is the youngest child of Janet who works in the radiology department at Idaho State University, and Amando Alvarez, a Spanish instructor at Idaho State University. He has two brothers and a sister: Jaime, Magdalena and Marco Antonio. His goal in gymnastics is to earn a position on the 2008 Olympic Team. Guillermo lists his former coach, Alexei Koudria, as his role model. He plans to go to graduate school. | |
| Personal Information | |
| Hometown: Denver, CO Began Gymnastics In: 1992 How did you get involved?: My parents felt that my inclination for doing flips was more safely kept under the control of professional instruction (but it still didn't stop me from doing flips on the couches). Favorite Gymnastics Thing: I love traveling and seeing sites that I otherwise would never have had the chance to experience. Favorite Event: Floor Exercise Goals: Make the U.S. Olympic Team School: 2005 graduate of University of Minnesota Grade: graduated in 2005 Major: Psychology Favorite School Subject: Linguistics | |
| Interests Outside the Gym | |
| Favorite Music/Book: Book: Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut Favorite TV Show: Simpsons Favorite Food: Oversized burritos Hobbies: Reading, coffee, trying to teach myself piano Charity: Local elementary school assemblies | |
| National Competition Results | |
| 2008 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev.: 2007 Visa Championships, San Jose, Calif.: 2nd-AA, VT; 3rd-FX, PH 2007 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev.: 2nd-PH; 3rd-AA, VT 2006 Visa Championships, St. Paul, Minn.: 3rd-AA, PH; 4th-FX, VT 2006 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev.: 3rd-AA; 4th-PH 2005 Visa Championships, Indianapolis, Ind.: 1st-FX; 2nd-PH 2005 NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships, West Point, N.Y.: 2nd-PH, VT; 4th-AA 2005 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev.: 2nd-AA, PH, VT 2004 NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships, Champaign, Ill.: 4th-FX; 5th-AA 2004 Winter Cup, Las Vegas, Nev.: 2003 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev.: 1st-FX; 4th-AA 2002 NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships, Norman, Okla.: 3rd-FX | |
| International Competition Results | |
| 2008 USA vs Canada, Calgary, Albera, Canada: 1st-Team, AA, VT(T); 2nd-PH; 4th-FX 2007 World Championships, Stuttgart, Germany: 4th-Team, FX 2007 Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 2nd-FX; 3rd-Team, AA; 8th-PB 2007 Tyson American Cup, Jacksonville, Fla.: 2006 World Championships, Aarhus, Denmark: Team 2006 France/Switzerland/USA Meet, Paris, France: 1st-Team 2006 Pacific Alliance Championships, Honolulu, Hawaii: 4th-Team; 7th-SR 2005 Pan American Championships, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 1st-Team; 2nd-FX; 6th-VT 2005 World Cup, Paris, France: 5th-FX |