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Alvaro Beltrán (born October 15, 1978), is a Mexican professional racquetball player. Beltrán was ranked fourth on the International Racquetball Tour at the end of the 2008-09 season during which Beltrán was the only player to beat Kane Waselenchuk, who was the #1 player that season. Beltran suffered a serious knee injury prior to the 2009-2010 IRT season and was only able to compete in the last IRT event of season. Yet in that event, the Mexico Open, he reached the semi-finals.
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Beltran reached the final of the US Open Racquetball Championships in 2010 becoming the first Mexican to do so. He lost to Kane Waselenchuk despite winning the first game of the final. Previously, no one had won a game against Waselenchuk in the US Open final.
Beltrán has been in the top 6 IRT players at season's end each year since the 2000-01 season, although he has not finished higher than #3.[1] He's the highest ranked Mexican player ever.
Beltrán has been in 19 finals, winning once in the 2002-03 season. In all, he's made 115 appearances on tour putting him in 17th place all time.[1]
Beltrán won the 2000 Racquetball World Championships hosted by the International Racquetball Federation.[2] He was also runner up at the 2004 Racquetball World Championships to Jack Huczek.
Also, Beltrán won the doubles event at the 2006 Racquetball World Championships with Javier Moreno, making Beltran the only racquetball player to win World Championships both singles and doubles. They also won the gold medal in doubles at the 2003 Pan Am Games.[3]
In addition, Beltrán won three consecutive Pan American Racquetball Championships from 2007–2009, and he was the gold medalist at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games defeating countryman Gilberto Meija in the final.
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