María Nieves Álvarez Costa (born 2 July 1962), known as María Álvarez or Nieves Álvarez, is a
paralympic athlete
An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance.
Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-devel ...
from
Spain competing mainly in category T34-35 100m events.
Álvarez competed as part of the Spanish team at the
1996 Summer Paralympics
The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were held from August 16 to 25. It was the first Paralympic Games, Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million.
It was the first Paralympic Games ...
in Atlanta, there she competed in the 200m where she was disqualified in the heat, in the 100m she won the silver medal behind
Caroline Innes of Great Britain.
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1962 births
Living people
Spanish female sprinters
Paralympic athletes for Spain
Paralympic silver medalists for Spain
Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
20th-century Spanish women
21st-century Spanish women
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