Luis Álvarez de Cervera

Luis Álvarez de Cervera is a Spanish show jumper, born in Madrid on 23 July 1947, who competed at six Olympic Games between 1972 and 1996. He was the first Spaniard to do so, and as of 2010 the only other Spaniard with six Olympics was the water polo player Manuel Estiarte. He was part of the Spanish team that placed fourth in the team jumping at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, missing the bronze medal by 0.75 points. He also worked with the riders Joaquín Larraín Coddou and Luis Lucio on the Spanish translation of the official instruction handbook of the German National Equestrian Federation, which was published in Spain and Latin America. His son Eduardo Álvarez Aznar is also a rider and competed at the 2016 Olympic Games. Olympedia gives his club as Club de Campo in Madrid.