María Álvarez (athlete)
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María Nieves Álvarez Costa[a] (born 2 July 1962), known as María Álvarez or Nieves Álvarez, is a paralympic athlete from Spain competing mainly in category T34-35 100m events.
Álvarez competed as part of the Spanish team at the 1996 Summer Paralympics 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.[1]
Notes[]
- ^ This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Álvarez and the second or maternal family name is Costa.
References[]
- ^ "Maria Alvarez". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.
External links[]
- Maria Alvarez at the International Paralympic Committee
- Nieves Alvarez Costa at the Comité Paralímpico Español (in Spanish)
Categories:
- 1962 births
- Living people
- Spanish female sprinters
- Paralympic athletes of 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
- Spanish athletics biography stubs
- Spanish Paralympic medalist stubs