Anita Alvarez was destined for the pool. She grew up accompanying her mom, who was an artistic swimming coach, to competitions. And though the 27-year-old Olympian says that her mom never "pushed" her ...

TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WKBW — A Western New York native has officially etched her name into the Olympic history books! Anita Alvarez and her teammates took home the silver medal in artistic swimming ...

Two years ago, Anita Alvarez made headlines after she was rescued from drowning by her coach during an artistic swimming competition. Now, the elite athlete is an Olympic silver medalist. Alvarez, 27, ...

A coach just saved a swimmer’s life after she fainted in the water during a competition. Anita Alvarez, 25, an Olympic artistic swimmer, was in the middle of her routine at the FINA World Aquatic ...

"I remember suddenly beginning to see light through my eyes," Team USA artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez says of her near-death experience, "just as they were starting to put an oxygen mask on me" Even ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Andrea Fuentes prevented a tragedy at the swimming world championships with her quick reaction. The United States coach knew something was wrong when she saw artistic swimmer ...

(WIVB) – Anita Alvarez, a two-time Olympian from New York, had a scare Wednesday when she passed out in the pool during the FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. But her coach said on social ...

TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Western New York native will be making a splash at this year’s Summer Olympics in Paris. In a few months, Anita Alvarez, a two-time Olympian and member of Team USA ...

What does it take to be a U.S. Olympic artistic swimmer? At a minimum, it demands endurance, power, leonine grace, hair gelatin, dance lessons, mastery of the eggbeater, flamingo, scull and rocket ...

Andrea Fuentes prevented a tragedy at the swimming world championships with her quick reaction. The United States coach knew something was wrong when she saw artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez sink ...