Guillermo Alvarez (born October 24, 1982) is a retired American

gymnast Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, sh ...

. He was a member of the 2006 and 2007

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teams. In 2008, he just missed the

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, finishing 6th in the all around and 3rd on

pommel horse The pommel horse is an artistic gymnastics apparatus. Traditionally, it is used by only male gymnasts. Originally made of a metal frame with a wooden body and a leather cover, the modern pommel horse has a metal body covered with foam rubber and ...

, but not earning a selection. In college, Alvarez competed for the

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and was the 2005

Nissen Award The Nissen Award (Nissen Emery Award) is the award given to the best male collegiate gymnast in the United States. The award reflects admirable scholarship and moral characteristics as well as sporting success. List of winners See also * AAI Awa ...

winner (the "Heisman" of men's gymnastics). Alvarez retired in 2009 at the age of 26. Alvarez is the cousin of professional wrestler, mixed martial artist,

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journalist, and

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Bryan Alvarez.

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* 1982 births Living people University of Minnesota alumni American male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in gymnastics Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in gymnastics 21st-century American sportsmen {{US-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub