Eddy Alvarez

Eduardo Cortes Alvarez, known as Eddy, is an American former professional baseball utility player and short track speed skater, born on 30 January 1990 in Miami, Florida, to Cuban immigrant parents. He medaled at the 2014 Winter Olympics in short track speed skating, winning silver in the 5,000 meter relay, and medaled again as a baseball player at the 2020 Summer Olympics, which made him the sixth athlete and third American to medal at both the Summer and Winter Games in different disciplines. After his Major League Baseball debut on 5 August 2020 he became the first Winter Olympian and the first non-baseball Olympian since Jim Thorpe to play in the majors, appearing for the Miami Marlins, Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets. He retired from professional baseball on 29 June 2025.