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. Alvarez is the youngest child of Janet who works in the radiology department at Idaho State University, and Amando Alvarez, a Spanish instructor at Idaho State University. He has two brothers and a sister: Jaime, Magdalena and Marco Antonio. His goal in gymnastics is to earn a position on the 2008 Olympic Team. Guillermo lists his former coach, Alexei Koudria, as his role model. He plans to go to graduate school.
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
Favorite Event: Floor Exercise
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).
Favorite thing about gymnastics: I love traveling and seeing sites that I otherwise would never have had the chance to experience.
What are your goals for gymnastics?: Make the U.S. Olympic Team
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
Favorite school subject: Linguistics
Hobbies or favorite activities: Reading, coffee, trying to teach myself piano
Favorite book(s): Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut
Favorite TV show(s): Simpsons
Favorite Food: Oversized burritos
Charity Involvement: Local elementary school assemblies
- 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
- 2002
NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships, Norman, Okla. -
3rd-FX
- 2008
Toyota Cup, Toyota City, Japan -
3rd-FX; 8th-PH
- 2008
USA vs Canada, Calgary, Albera, Canada -
1st-Team, AA, VT(T); 2nd-PH; 4th-FX
- 2007
World Championships, Stuttgart, Germany -
4th-Team, FX
- 2007
Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -
2nd-FX; 3rd-Team, AA; 8th-PB
- 2007
Tyson American Cup, Jacksonville, Fla. -
- 2006
World Championships, Aarhus, Denmark -
Team
- 2006
France/Switzerland/USA Meet, Paris, France -
1st-Team
- 2006
Pacific Alliance Championships, Honolulu, Hawaii -
4th-Team; 7th-SR
- 2005
Pan American Championships, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -
1st-Team; 2nd-FX; 6th-VT
- 2005
World Cup, Paris, France -
5th-FX
