Anita Alvarez (born December 2, 1996) is an American artistic and synchronized swimmer. Originally from Buffalo, New York, she attended Kenmore West Senior High School, from which she graduated in 2014. She began her professional synchronized swimming career after she graduated.
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| Born | December 2, 1996 Amherst, New York, U.S.[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Synchronized swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editAlvarez competed in the women's duet at the 2016 Summer Olympics with Mariya Koroleva, finishing 9th.[2] She is a member of the USA Synchronized Swimming National Team. She competed at the 2015 World Championships in Kazan and at the 2014 Junior World Championships.
Previously, Alvarez coached intramural swimming in Western New York. As coach for Walnut Creek Aquanuts, she saw them to the 2019 Junior Olympics in Buffalo, New York.
She qualified to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women's duet, alongside Lindi Schroeder. The pair finished 13th in their preliminary, failing to advance to the final.[3][4]
She was named USA Synchro Athlete of the Year along with Mariya Koroleva in 2016 and in 2019. She was also named USA's Artistic Swimming Athlete of the Year in 2021.
At the end of her solo free routine at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest on June 22, Alvarez fainted in the pool and sank to the bottom. Her coach Andrea Fuentes jumped into the pool to rescue her and she received medical attention afterward.[5] FINA subsequently barred her from participating in the team free routine final on June 24.[6] Alvarez had previously fainted during the FINA Olympic Qualification Tournament in Barcelona in June 2021, also being rescued by Fuentes on that occasion.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Anita Alvarez". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on July 30, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ "Anita Alvarez". Rio 2016 Olympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on August 26, 2016. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
- ^ OlympicTalk (June 16, 2021). "U.S. Olympic team roster: Athletes qualified for Tokyo Games". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
- ^ "Preliminary results" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on August 4, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
- ^ Esther Addley (June 23, 2022). "Dramatic rescue at world championships after swimmer faints and sinks to bottom of pool". The Guardian.
- ^ "FINA ban Anita Alvarez from competing at World Championships". Marca. June 24, 2022. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
- ^ "Anita Alvarez: Coach rescues swimmer who fainted in pool at World Aquatics Championships in Budapest". euronews.com. June 23, 2022.
External links
edit- Anita Alvarez at World Aquatics
- Anita Alvarez at Olympics.com
- Anita Alvarez at Olympedia
- Anita Alvarez at Team USA (archive June 5, 2023)
- Anita Alvarez at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games
- Special Edition: Anita Alvarez Interview
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