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 62) Barcelona, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 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
edit- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Álvarez and the second or maternal family name is Costa.
References
edit- ^ "Nieves Alvarez Costa". Paralimpicos.es (in Spanish). Comité Paralímpico Español. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Neus Alvarez". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ "Maria Alvarez". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- ^ "Neus Alvarez Costa". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
External links
edit- Nieves Álvarez Costa at the Comité Paralímpico Español (archived) (in Spanish)
- Nieves Alvarez Costa – 1996 Atlanta Paralympics profile at CPE (in Spanish)
- Nieves Alvarez Costa – 2000 Sydney Paralympics profile at CPE (in Spanish)
- Neus Álvarez Costa at the Comité Paralímpico Español (in Spanish)
- Neus Álvarez Costa at Enciclopèdia.cat (in Catalan) (in English)
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