Birthdate: 10/30/1991 Program: Men's Artistic Level: Senior Current Residence: Los Angeles, CA Head Coach: Yin Alvarez

• 2016 Olympic parallel bars & high bar silver medalist
• 2015 World high bar silver medalist. Also finished sixth on parallel bars
• 2015 U.S. parallel bars bronze medalist
• 2015 Winter Cup parallel bars champion
• USOC Athlete of the Month for October 2014
• 2014 World parallel bars silver medalist and team bronze medalist
• Four-time U.S. parallel bars champion - 2010-12, 2014
• 2014 Winter Cup Challenge high bar silver medalist
• 2013 U.S. high bar bronze medalist
• 2012 Olympic all-around bronze medalist. Also competed in high bar finals
• Three-time U.S. high bar champion - 2009, 2011-12
• 2012 U.S. parallel bars & high bar champion and all-around silver medalist
• 2012 AT&T American Cup all-around champion
• 2012 Winter Cup Challenge high bar champion (tie) and floor exercise silver medalist
• 2011 World Championships parallel bars gold medalist and team bronze medalist
• 2011 U.S. all-around, parallel bars and horizontal bar champion
• 2011 Winter Cup Challenge parallel bars and horizontal bar champion
• Member of the 2009-11 World Championships Teams
• 2010 U.S. parallel bars champion, all-around silver medalist and horizontal bar bronze medalist
• 2010 Winter Cup Challenge parallel bars champion
• 2009 U.S. horizontal bar champion (tie)
• 2009 Winter Cup Challenge parallel bars champion and all-around silver medalist
• Coached by his step-father, Yin Alvarez

Year you began gymnastics: 1995
How did you get involved in gymnastics: Both my parents were gymnasts, and now they're coaches.
Names of parents/guardians: Yin Alvarez and Maria Gonzalez, both coaches
Names of sibling(s): Dayanis Mesa, she works on a Spanish television show.
Family members in sports: My mom's cousin once held the world record in holding his breath underwater. (7:15)