Nieves Álvarez Costa
Spanish Paralympic athlete
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María Nieves Álvarez Costa[a] (born 2 July 1962), known as Nieves Álvarez Costa (Catalan: Neus Álvarez Costa), is a paralympic athlete from Spain competing mainly in 100 m and 200 m events in the T36 class.[1]
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| Full name | María Nieves Álvarez Costa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 July 1962 (age 64) Barcelona, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Events | 100 m, 200 m, 400 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Álvarez competed as part of the Spanish team at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, where she finished 6th in the women's 100 m C5-6.[2]
She earned a silver medal in the women's 100 m T34-35 event at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, finishing behind Caroline Innes of Great Britain. Álvarez also competed in the women's 200 m T34-37 event, where she was disqualified in the heat.[3]
At the 1998 IPC Athletics World Championships in Birmingham, she earned a bronze medal in the 200 m T36 event and finished 4th in the 100 m T36 event.[4]
At the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, she finished 4th in the 200 m T36, 5th in the 400 m T36, and 6th in the 100 m T36 events.[2]
Notes
- In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Álvarez and the second or maternal family name is Costa.
