Álvaro Beltrán
Personal information
Born (1978-10-15) October 15, 1978
Tijuana, Mexico
Medal record
Men's Racquetball
Representing  Mexico
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lima Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto Singles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Guadalajara Singles
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara Team
Gold medal – first place 2003 Santo Domingo Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Winnipeg Doubles
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 San Luis Potosi Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2022 San Luis Potosi Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 San José Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2016 Cali Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2012 Santo Domingo Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Santo Domingo Team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Santo Domingo Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2002 Puerto Rico Singles
Gold medal – first place 2000 St Luis Potosi Singles
Pan Am Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Barranquilla Singles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Temuco Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Santo Domingo Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2009 Cali Singles
Gold medal – first place 2008 San Jose Singles
Gold medal – first place 2007 Santiago Singles
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Barranquilla Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Barranquilla Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Veracruz Singles
Gold medal – first place 2014 Veracruz Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2014 Veracruz Team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Mayagüez Singles
Gold medal – first place 2010 Mayagüez Team
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Cartagena Singles
Gold medal – first place 2006 Cartagena Team
Silver medal – second place 2002 San Salvador Singles
Gold medal – first place 2002 San Salvador Team

Álvaro Beltrán (born October 15, 1978), is a Mexican professional racquetball player. Beltrán is the current International Racquetball Federation (IRF) World Champion in Men's Doubles with Daniel De La Rosa, winning the title in 2022 in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. He was the second man to win both Men's Singles and Men's Doubles at the Racquetball World Championships. His six world titles (1 singles & 5 doubles) tie him for 3rd most in IRF history. Beltran has been a top 10 player on the International Racquetball Tour (IRT) for 18 seasons.[1]

Professional career

Beltrán was the first Mexican to be ranked in the top 10 IRT at season's end in 2000-01, and has been a top 10 IRT player in 18 seasons finishing at #3 (his career high) four times.[2] He won his first IRT event in 2013 when he defeated fellow Mexican Daniel De La Rosa in the final of the Red Swain Shootout.[3] Beltran's second win came in November 2015 at the Galaxy Custom Printing Pro-Am in Atlanta, where he defeated Rocky Carson, in the final, 11-8, 8-11, 11-5, 11-4.[2] Overall, Beltrán has been in 35 finals in 178 appearances on tour, which is 6th most all time.[2]

Beltrán has been in the finals of the US Open Racquetball Championships twice: once in 2010 and again in 2014. He was the first Mexican to do so. He lost both finals to Kane Waselenchuk but did win the first game of 2010 final, which was Waselenchuk's first loss of a game in six US Open finals. 2010 final was the first US Open final with two non-American players.

Also of note, Beltrán is one of only two players to beat IRT #1 Waselenchuk in a completed match, since Waselenchk's return to the IRT tour in the fall of 2008. That win occurred at the 2009 California Open when Beltrán defeated Waslenchuk in four games in the semi-finals.[2]

International career

Beltrán is the only racquetball player to win World Championships in both Men's Singles and Men's Doubles. Beltrán won Men's Singles at the 2000 Racquetball World Championships hosted by the International Racquetball Federation[4] in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, defeating American Rocky Carson in the final.[5] He has won Men's Doubles thrice, all with Javier Moreno. Most recently, he and Moreno won the 2016 Worlds Championships in Cali, Colombia, where they defeated Americans Jake Bredenbeck and Jose Diaz in the final, 15-12, 15-9. Beltran and Moreno first won Men's Doubles in 2006, defeating Americans Carson and Jack Huczek in the final, and then six years later in 2012, defeating Americans Tony Carson and Jansen Allen. Both those wins were in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Beltrán and Moreno also won the gold medals in doubles at 2003,[6] and 2011 Pan Am Games. In 2003, they beat Americans Ruben Gonzalez and Mike Guidry in the final, and in 2011 final, defeated Venezuelans Cesar Castillo and Jorge Hirsekorn. Beltrán also won gold in the team competition at the 2011 Pan Am Games.

In addition, Beltrán won three consecutive Pan American Championships in Men's Singles from 2007–2009, and the 2015 Pan Am Championship in Men's Doubles with Javier Moreno. He is a two time the gold medalist in Men's Singles at the Central American and Caribbean Games, as he defeated countrymen Gilberto Meija in 2010 final and Daniel De La Rosa in 2014 final, 15-7, 15-2.

In 2018, Beltrán and Rodrigo Montoya captured gold at the Pan American Championships in Temuco, Chile by defeating Bolivians Roland Keller and Conrrado Moscoso in the final, 13-15, 15-10, 11-6.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Season and Career Summary for Beltran, Alvaro". Pro Racquetball Stats. Todd Boss. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 http://www.bossconsulting.com/irt/ IRT Historical Data Archive
  3. ↑ "Alvaro Beltran Wins 2013 Red Swain Shootout; Takes First Tier 1 Title". www.irt-tour.com. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29.
  4. ↑ "World Championship Finals". www.internationalracquetball.com. Archived from the original on 2002-08-03.
  5. ↑ "IRF:: International Racquetball Federation - Match Results". www.internationalracquetball.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-28.
  6. ↑ http://www.proracquetball.net/irt/bios/beltran.html
  7. ↑ "Men's Doubles Draw" (PDF). International Racquetball Federation. IRF. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
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