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Derek Jeter’s Ex-Girlfriend Once Lauded a Former Olympian for Getting Alex Rodriguez Back in Shape After a Dark Period

Published 12/10/2022, 9:50 AM EST

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Ever since his playing days, Alex ‘A-Rod’ Rodriguez has remained one of the fittest and most agile athletes. His two Gold Glove awards speak out as a definitive statement of the fact. Fortunately for him, he also trained with some of the best fitness instructors around. One of those fitness experts was a former Olympian who has also trained Derek Jeter’s ex-girlfriend once. 

Towards the end of his MLB career, Rodriguez trained with retired sprinter Malachi Davis. A native-born of the USA, Davis represented Great Britain in the 2004 Olympic games and ended in fifth place. Davis also participated in the World Championship for the relay teams in 2005.

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Additionally, Davis also remained a long-time fitness instructor of Jeter’s ex-girlfriend and world-renowned supermodel Vida Guerra.

When Alex Rodriguez and Vida Guerra had the same fitness trainer:

By the time Alex Rodriguez began training with Malachi Davis, an aging Rodriguez was near retirement. Nonetheless, training with the former sprinter worked wonders for the MLB megastar. Notably, A-Rod maintained his razor-sharp defense even in his later years. Not to forget that the former Yankee was just getting out of a difficult period at that time, having returned to MLB after a long suspension due to a steroid scandal.

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Back on January 20, 2015, supermodel Vida Guerra shared a collage of two pictures on Instagram. The first image featured Rodriguez with Davis, while the other image featured Davis with Guerra. Davis had been training Guerra for eight years by that time.

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Putting up the post, Guerra quoted, “A big congrats to my good friend and trainer of 8 yrs Malachi Davis. Formula Gold. I am so proud of you. You have and will accomplish so much. Malachi Davis has been training ARod for the new baseball season. See u in Miami soon gotta get out this cold. Give him a follow he is new to IG.” 

Interestingly, Guerra is an ex-girlfriend of Rodriguez’s Yankees teammate, Derek Jeter. Jeter dated Guerra in 2005 for a brief period. Guerra, a Cuban model, then just gained prominence after her photo shoot with For Him Magazine back in 2002. Nonetheless, despite her breakup, Guerra once spoke about Jeter, saying, “He’s really an awesome person, and I wish him all the best.”

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Madhurjya Bhuyan

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Madhurjya Bhuyan is an MLB author at EssentiallySports. He has a Bachelor's and Master's Degree in English Literature from Gauhati University and IGNOU, respectively, and also possesses prior professional experience as a content developer. Being a performance artist since childhood, Madhurjya has always aimed to contribute towards creativity in any possible manner, and writing only boosts that desire.
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