Who is Anita Alvarez's Coach?

Born on December 2, 1996, in Buffalo, New York, Anita Alvarez is an American artistic and synchronized swimmer. She graduated from the Kenmore West Senior High School in 2014. Alvarez began her professional career in the women’s duet at the 2016 Summer Olympics where she finished 9th with Mariya Koroleva. She was a member of the USA Synchronized Swimming National Team that competed in the 2015 World Championships and 2014 Junior World Championships. She also participated in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics with Lindi Schroeder where she was placed 13th. She was named USA Synchro Athlete of the Year in 2016 and 2019, and Artistic Swimming Athlete of the Year in 2021.

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• Anita Alvarez's Coach

• Andrea Fuentes’ Husband

• Andrea Fuentes’ Kids

• Andrea Fuentes’ Physical attributes

• Andrea Fuentes’ Olympic History

• Andrea Fuentes’ Coaching Career

• Andrea Fuentes’ Awards & Achievement

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Anita Alvarez's Coach

Anita Alvarez is coached by Andrea Fuentes Fache. Andrea Fache is a Spanish swimming coach and a former synchronized swimmer. She is regarded as one the most successful Spanish national team swimmers with four Olympic medals, 16 World Championship medals, and 11 European Championship Medals.

Andrea Fuentes’ husband

Andrea Fuentes is married to a fellow Olympian and gymnast, Víctor Cano. Born on 10 February 1978, Víctor Cano Segura is a Spanish artistic gymnast. He participated in the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics and the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics.

Andrea Fuentes’ Kids

Andrea Fuentes has a son, Kilian, who was born in 2014 and is now 10 years old as of July 2024.

Andrea Fuentes’ Physical Attributes

Andrea Fuentes is 1.69 meters (5 ft 7 in) tall and weighs around 123 lbs (56 kg). She is 41 years old as of July 2024.

Andrea Fuentes’s Olympic History

Andrea Fuentes joined the Spanish national team in 1999. She competed in the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics, the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, and the 2012 London Summer Olympics. She has secured a total of four Olympic medals, three Silver and one bronze, in the women’s duet and team event. She is regarded as one of Spain’s most decorated Olympians alongside tennis star Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and swimmer Mireia Belmonte. She also has multiple other achievements like 16 World Championship medals and 11 European medals. Fuentes retired from the elite international competition in January 2013 as she lacked motivation due to a conflict between the Royal Spanish Swimming Federation and Ana Tarrés, the head coach of the national team.

Andrea Fuentes’ Coaching Career

After retirement, Andrea Fuentes shifted her attention to coaching. She became the USA senior national team's head coach in 2018 collaborating with Reem Abdalazem with whom she shares a four-year professional history in synchronized swimming. During the 2022 Budapest World Aquatics Championship, Artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez fainted and sank to the pool’s bottom while they were training poolside. With quick thinking and bravery, Fuentes dove in and rescued Anita. After some medical checkups, it was concluded that Alvrez has recovered and she plans to continue competing.

Andrea Fuentes’ Awards & Achievement

• In 2018, Fuentes became the head coach of the USA senior national team in artistic swimming.

• During the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Fuentes made headlines when she rescued artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez, who had fainted and sank to the bottom of the pool.

• Fuentes has been instrumental in bringing a new golden age to American artistic swimming.