Alvarez 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.
Personal Information
Nickname: 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
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).
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
National Competition Results
2009
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
