Nieves Álvarez Costa
María Nieves Álvarez Costa, known as Nieves Álvarez Costa, is a paralympic athlete from Spain competing mainly in 100 m and 200 m events in the T36 class.
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.
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.
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.
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.