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, ...

U.S. swimmer Anita Alvarez survived a scary incident Wednesday after being rescued in the pool by her coach. Alvarez became unconscious in the water at the FINA World Aquatic Championships in Budapest ...

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 ...

"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 ...

(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 ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Representing Western New York on the world’s stage, Anita Alvarez will bring an Olympic medal home from Paris. The Kenmore native trained in the Tonawanda Aquettes program as a ...

-The Paris athlete’s village has been inaugurated, but there’s no air conditioning -And we speak with two-time Olympic artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez. The U.S. has qualified an Olympic team for the ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Andrea Fuentes ...