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• #EDDIE ALVAREZ PROFESSIONAL#

At the 2014 Olympic Trials, he placed second in the 500 meters, second in the 1,500 meters, and third in the 1,000 meters. During the 2013–14 World Cup season, Alvarez won three medals. He finished the season as the country's third highest ranked skater. He returned to the National Team in July, but was too weak to navigate stairs, let alone skate competitively.Īfter intense physical therapy, Alvarez made the United States' World Cup Team in December 2012. In early 2012, Alvarez underwent surgery to repair badly torn patellar tendons that left him completely immobile for four weeks. He became an All-Conference shortstop, but his knees did not improve. After missing the 2010 Olympics, he returned to baseball in an attempt to give his knees a break after years of chronic pain. He played well enough to earn a college scholarship, but instead quit the sport to pursue his Olympic dream.Īlvarez made the 20 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships, winning a gold medal in 2009. In high school, Alvarez took a break from skating to concentrate on his other passion-baseball. He took up roller skating at age five, 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.

The son of Cuban immigrants, Alvarez grew up in Miami, Florida. Only Alvarez and Jim Thorpe have played Major League Baseball and won an Olympic Medal in another sport. After his MLB debut on August 5, 2020, Alvarez became the first Winter Olympics athlete and the first non-baseball Olympian since Jim Thorpe to play Major League Baseball. He is the sixth athlete and third American ever to medal in both the Summer and Winter Olympics in different disciplines. Prior to his baseball career, he was a short track speed skater and baseball player who represented the United States and medaled at the 2014 Winter Olympics and 2020 Summer Olympics.

He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Miami Marlins and Los Angeles Dodgers.

#EDDIE ALVAREZ PROFESSIONAL#

Eduardo Cortes Alvarez (born January 30, 1990) is an American professional baseball infielder who is a free agent.