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Jan 30, 1990 Miami, Florida, United States 34 years old
American short track speed skater
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About Eddy Alvarez
- Eduardo Cortes Alvarez (born January 30, 1990) is an American short track speed skater who represented the United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics and professional baseball infielder for the Miami Marlins organization.
- The son of Cuban immigrants, Alvarez grew up in Miami, Florida.
- He took up roller skating at age five, performing on the beach.
- He began ice speed skating at age seven, and at eleven he won national age-level titles in inline, long track, and short track speed skating.
- In high school, Alvarez took a break from skating to concentrate on his other love – baseball.
- He played well enough to earn a college scholarship, but instead quit the sport to pursue his Olympic dream. Alvarez made the 2008 and 2009 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships, winning a gold medal in 2009.
- After missing the 2010 Olympics, he returned to baseball in an attempt to give his knees a break after years of chronic pain.
- He became an All-Conference shortstop, but his knees did not improve.
- In early 2012, Alvarez underwent surgery to repair badly torn patellar tendons that left him completely immobile for four weeks.
- He returned to the National Team in July, but was too weak to navigate stairs, let alone skate competitively. After intense physical therapy, Alvarez made the United States' World Cup Team in December 2012.
- He finished the season as the country's third highest ranked skater.
- During the 2013–14 World Cup season, Alvarez won three medals.
- At the 2014 Olympic Trials, he placed second in the 500 meters, second in the 1500 meters, and third in the 1000 meters.
- The performance made him the first Cuban-American male speed skater to make a U.S.
- Olympic team.
- At the Olympics, he won a silver medal in the 5000 meter relay after failing to medal in his three individual events.
- Prior to the Olympics, Alvarez said he planned to give up speed skating after the Games to concentrate on baseball.
