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Short track speed skating at the 2014 winter olympics men's 5000m relay!
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Eddy Alvarez
American speed skater and baseball player (born 1990)
Not to be confused with the MMA fighter Eddie Alvarez.
Baseball player
Eduardo Cortes Alvarez (born January 30, 1990) is an American professional baseballutility player in the Atlanta Braves organization.
He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Miami Marlins, Los Angeles Dodgers, and New York Mets. 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 is the sixth athlete and third American ever to medal in both the Summer and Winter Olympics in different disciplines. 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.[2] Only Alvarez and Jim Thorpe have played Major League Baseball and won an Olympic medal in another sport.&#