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Birthdate: 10/24/1982 Program: Men's Artistic Level: Senior Current Residence: Minneapolis, MN Club: TAGS Gymnastics-Eden Prairie Head Coach: Mike Burns |
 Career HighlightsAlvarez 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 InformationNickname: Memo, G-Mo, Charhutme, Guanme Hometown: Denver, CO Name of College: University of Minnesota College Graduation Year: 2005 Degree/Major: Psychology Year you began gymnastics: 1992 Favorite Event: Floor Exercise How did you get involved in gymnastics: 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 thing about gymnastics: I love traveling and seeing sites that I otherwise would never have had the chance to experience. What are your goals for gymnastics?: Make the U.S. Olympic Team Names of parents/guardians/spouse: Amando (Spanish instructor at Idaho State University) and Janet (works in the radiology department at Idaho State University). Names of sibling(s): Jaime, Magdalena, and Marco Antonio Interests Outside the GymFavorite school subject: Linguistics Hobbies or favorite activities: Reading, coffee, trying to teach myself piano Favorite book(s): Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut Favorite TV show(s): Simpsons Favorite Food: Oversized burritos Charity Involvement: Local elementary school assemblies National Competition Results2009 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. - 2nd-FX; 4th-AA; 6th-PH; 7th-PB(T); 9th-SR 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Gymnastics, Philadelphia, Pa. - 3rd-PH; 5th-FX; 6th-AA; 8th-SR, VT; 9th-PB; 10th-HB 2008 Visa Championships, Houston, Texas - 4th-PH; 6th-FX; 7th-AA 2008 U.S. Men's Qualifier, Colorado Springs, Colo. - 4th-PH 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 Results2008 Toyota Cup, Toyota City, Japan - 3rd-FX; 8th-PH 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 |
Videos of Guillermo Alvarez 2009 Winter Cup Finals Pommel Horse 2009 Winter Cup Finals Parallel Bars 2009 Winter Cup Finals High Bar 2009 Winter Cup Prelims Floor Exercise 2009 Winter Cup Prelims Parallel Bars 2009 Winter Cup Prelims Still Rings 2008 Olympic Trials Day 1 Floor Exercise 2008 Olympic Trials Day 1 Vault 2008 Visa Championships Day 2 Floor Exercise 2007 Visa Championships Day 2 Vault 2007 Visa Championships Day 2 Still Rings 2007 Visa Championships Day 2 Pommel Horse 2007 Visa Championships Day 2 High Bar 2007 Visa Championships Day 2 Parallel Bars 2006 Visa Championships Day 2 high bar 2006 Visa Championships Day 2 parallel bars 2006 Visa Championships Day 2 vault 2006 Visa Championships Day 2 still rings 2006 Visa Championships Day 2 floor exercise 2005 Visa Championships Day 2 vault |
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