Anita Alvarez

Team USA synchronised swimmer Anita Alvarez was saved from drowning for the second time after the gallant actions of her coach Andrea Fuentes at the 2022 ...

I had to jump in because the lifeguards weren’t doing it. With the distressing occurrence initially evading the attention of those in attendance, Fuentes dived in and succeeded in propelling herself off the foot of the pool with Alvarez in tow, receiving the aid of an unnamed male swimmer in dragging her out of the water to receive swift medical attention. The four-time Olympic medallist was competing in the final of the woman’s solo free event when she startingly blacked out and plummeted to the depths of the sizeable competition pool near the end of her swim.

US Swimmer Anita Alvarez lost consciousness in the pool at the FINA World Aquatics Championships in Budapest before an incredible rescue by her coach Andrea ...

“We sometimes forget that this happens in other high-endurance sports like marathon, cycling, cross country. Fortunately, her coach Andrea Fuentes, a four-time Olympic medallist and the most successful swimmer in Spanish history, immediately dived in and brought Anita back to safety. An American artistic and synchronised swimmer had to be saved from drowning in a pool by her coach after suddenly losing consciousness at the FINA World Aquatics Championships held in Budapest on Wednesday.

The 25-year-old lost consciousness after completing her solo free final routine in Budapest.

And speaking to Spanish radio, she said: “It felt like a whole hour. all is OK. American artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez was “not breathing” when she was rescued from the bottom of the pool after fainting at the World Aquatics Championships.

ANITA ALVAREZ is a professional synchronised swimmer who represents the United States - but her name made the headlines as she was involved in a life.

Anita Alvarez was in danger of drowning as she lost consciousness in the pool during her solo free final routine. These achievements earned Alvarez the USA Synchro Athlete of the Year award that same year and the swimming star was also named USA's Artistic Swimming Athlete of the Year in 2021. The American was participating at the World Championships in Budapest before her coach Andrea Fuentes had to jump in the pool and rescue her.

U.S. artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez is OK after fainting at the end of her free solo final routine at the world championships in Budapest on Wednesday.

Solo artistic swimming is not on the Olympic program. “It was a good scare, I had to dive because the lifeguards didn’t do it,” Fuentes said, according to the newspaper. Spanish newspaper Marca reported that Fuentes, a retired Spanish Olympic artistic swimmer, was one of the people who dove in.

Anita Alvarez finished her routine in the artistic solo free final in Budapest when she lost consciousness and began sinking. The 25-year-old's coach, the four- ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. “Anita is OK,” Fuentes said. Anita Alvarez finished her routine in the artistic solo free final in Budapest when she lost consciousness and began sinking.

The 25-year-old lost consciousness after completing her solo free final routine in Budapest.

And speaking to Spanish radio, she said: “It felt like a whole hour. all is OK. American artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez was “not breathing” when she was rescued from the bottom of the pool after fainting at the World Aquatics Championships.

Coach Andrea Fuentes commented on athlete Anita Alvarez's fainting during the World Aquatic Championship on Wednesday saying 'it happens' in high-endurance ...

She told Spanish news outlet El Partidazo de COPE – Programas that the 25-year-old athlete went a whole two minutes without breathing. “I jumped into the water again because I saw that no one, no lifeguard, was jumping in. After passing out on Wednesday, Alvarez was given medical attention beside the pool before being taken away on a stretcher.

Coach Andrea Fuentes had to rescue Alvarez after lifeguards failed to react as she sunk in the pool and has revealed the talented 25-year-old stopped ...

'It is believed he was likely attempting to complete a '100' which is four laps across the pool without surfacing for air.' The coach said she motioned to lifeguards for help but they did not see her, 'so I jumped in myself. 'Anita feels good now and the doctors also say she is okay. I had to jump in because the lifeguards weren't doing it,' Fuentes said afterwards. 'If a person loses consciousness like this, then obviously not everything is in order, you need to check your health. She’s said she wants to swim in the final. In any case in the team events Anita does a lot of pirouettes and very few apneas so she will almost certainly compete.' When I got her out she wasn’t breathing, her jaw was locked in place. It was two minutes without breathing, and with your pulse at 180 you don’t want to be two minutes without breathing.' But today the 39-year-old mum-of-one said Alvarez was determined not to abandon the World Championships. ‘They got her out on her back and I put her on her side, because you can’t breathe like that. Alvarez regained consciousness soon after being rescued from the Budapest pool, received immediate first aid and is reportedly recovering well.

American artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez was in danger of drowning after losing consciousness in the pool at the world championships in Budapest before being ...

"I jumped into the water again because I saw that no one, no lifeguard, was jumping in. She has to rest." It was a good scare, to be honest," Fuentes told Spanish newspaper Marca.

"I saw that the lifeguards were not jumping into the water because they were paralyzed," Team USA coach Andrea Fuentes said. Luckily for athlete Anita ...

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American swimmer Anita Alvarez was rescued from the bottom of the pool by her coach at the FINA World Aquatic Championships in Budapest, Hungary, ...

Anita feels good now and the doctors also say she is okay." "We sometimes forget that this happens in other high-endurance sports. Later, came the lifeguard."

Anita Alvarez, an American artistic swimmer, lost consciousness while performing her solo routine in Budapest. She was “fine” afterward, her coach said.

Our sport is no different than others, just in a pool, we push through limits and sometimes we find them.” Fuentes was hailed for her quick thinking, but she knew what to do because she had done it before. On Wednesday, Fuentes, dressed in shorts and a T-shirt, saved Alvarez again. Alvarez is a two-time Olympian. She finished ninth in the duet event at the 2016 Rio Games and placed 13th in the competition at the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Games last summer in Japan. She is competing in the world championships for the fourth time. She did not rule out having her returning for the team event later this week. Fuentes said Alvarez, who was treated by medical staff, had gone about two minutes without breathing as water filled her lungs.

U.S. artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez is OK after fainting at the end of her free solo final routine at the world championships in Budapest on Wednesday.

Solo artistic swimming is not on the Olympic program. Anita feels good now and the doctors also say she is okay.” And that’s literally the last thing I remember, actually.” Two people dove in to help get her out of the pool, including U.S. head coach Andrea Fuentes, a retired Spanish Olympic artistic swimmer. Our sport is no different than others, just in a pool, we push through limits and sometimes we find them. It’s such a simple, small arm, but I was giving everything until the very end, and I did that, and then I remember going down and just being kind of like, uh-oh, I don’t feel too great.

ANITA ALVAREZ has broken her silence after her coach saved her from drowning at the 2022 World Championships.The Olympic synchronised swimmer, 25, was.

"But I was like give everything until the very end and I did that and then I remember going down and just being like, kind of like, ‘uh-oh, I don't feel too great.’ “And then at the very end, I do remember like the very last arm I did, I gave like, it's such a simple small arm,. She said: “I mean I say this all the time to her and to other people, [I’m] just so grateful to have her as a coach.

Anita Alvarez, a Team USA Artistic swimmer who was dramatically rescued by her coach after fainting during the world aquatics championships in Budapest on ...

"Like, my best one by far and not only just how I performed, but just that I was actually enjoying it and really living in the moment, too," he said. "It all happened really fast." "Just so grateful to have her as a coach."