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]

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Álvaro Beltrán

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Born	(1978-10-15) October 15, 1978 (age 45) Tijuana, Mexico
Medal record Men's Racquetball Representing  Mexico Event 1st 2nd 3rd Pan American Games 4 2 3 World Championships 7 1 1 Central American and Caribbean Games 9 1 1 Pan American Championships 5 0 1 Total 25 4 6 Pan American Games 2019 Lima Singles 2019 Lima Team 2015 Toronto Singles 2015 Toronto Team 2011 Guadalajara Singles 2011 Guadalajara Doubles 2011 Guadalajara Team 2003 Santo Domingo Doubles 1999 Winnipeg Doubles World Championships 2022 San Luis Potosi Doubles 2022 San Luis Potosi Team 2018 San José Doubles 2016 Cali Doubles 2012 Santo Domingo Doubles 2012 Santo Domingo Team 2006 Santo Domingo Doubles 2002 Puerto Rico Singles 2000 St Luis Potosi Singles Pan Am Championships 2019 Barranquilla Singles 2018 Temuco Doubles 2015 Santo Domingo Doubles 2009 Cali Singles 2008 San Jose Singles 2007 Santiago Singles Central American and Caribbean Games 2018 Barranquilla Doubles 2018 Barranquilla Team 2014 Veracruz Singles 2014 Veracruz Doubles 2014 Veracruz Team 2010 Mayagüez Singles 2010 Mayagüez Team 2006 Cartagena Singles 2006 Cartagena Team 2002 San Salvador Singles 2002 San Salvador Team

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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.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3] Overall, Beltrán has been in 42 IRT finals^[1] (8th most) in 230 appearances on tour (3rd most).

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.^[3]

Beltrán was the first 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 the 2003 Pan American Games, and 2011 Pan Am Games.^[6] 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]

Beltrán and Daniel De La Rosa won Men's Doubles at the 2018 World Championships in San José, Costa Rica, where they defeated Rocky Carson and Sudsy Monchik in the final, 10-15, 15-9, 11-2, after beating Bolivians Roland Keller and Conrrado Moscoso, 15-14, 15-8, in the semi-finals.

Beltrán and Daniel De La Rosa won Men's Doubles at the 2022 World Championships in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, where they defeated Bolivians Roland Keller and Conrrado Moscoso, coming back from two games down to win 7-11, 12-14, 11-7, 11-5, 11-6, in the final. In the semi-finals, they beat Americans Sam Bredenbeck and Charlie Pratt, 12-10, 11-9, 11-7.

Playing for Mexico, Beltrán has won 25 gold medals, doing so in both singles and doubles. His highlights are two gold medals in Men's Doubles at the Pan American Games and six World Championships: one in singles and five in doubles. He's also won 3 times on the IRT, and 3 US Open IRT doubles titles.