Alberto Torres (athlete)

Alberto Sebastian Torres de la Mota (20 February 1934 – 16 April 1999) was a Dominican sprinter. Torres would first compete at the 1959 Pan American Games though would not medal in his events. He would then compete as the sole athlete for Dominican Republic at the 1964 Summer Olympics and would be the first Dominican Olympic competitor and flagbearer. At the games, he would compete in the men's 100 metres and would not advance further from the heats.

He would then compete at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the men's 100 metres, men's 200 metres, and as part of the men's 4 × 100 metres relay team. Though he did not medal in the events, he was designated as the torch bearer and lighter for the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games and was inducted to the Dominican Sports Hall of Fame five years later.