Alhambra Nievas

Alhambra Nievas

Nievas in 2016
Birth name	Alhambra Nievas González[1]
Date of birth	(1983-08-09) 9 August 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Beas de Granada, Spain
University	University of Málaga
Rugby union career
Position(s) Back row Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2002–12 CDU Málaga () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 2004–12 Andalucía () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2006 Spain 3 National sevens team Years Team Comps 200x– Spain Sevens Refereeing career Years Competition Apps 2012– División de Honor de Rugby 2012– Copa del Rey de Rugby 2014– World Rugby Women's Sevens Series 2014– Women's Rugby World Cup 2015– Women's Six Nations Championship 2016– Women's Rugby sevens at the Olympics 2017– Rugby Europe Conference

Alhambra Nievas González (born 9 August 1983) is a former Spain women's rugby union international and a current rugby union referee. Nievas refereed the women's final at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2016 she also served as an assistant referee at a men's international between Tonga and the United States. This saw her become the first woman to officiate in a men's rugby union international. In 2017 Nievas refereed a Rugby Europe Conference match between Finland and Norway. This saw her become the first woman to referee a men's rugby union international in Europe. In 2016 Nievas, along with Rasta Rasivhenge, was jointly named World Rugby Referee of the Year. She is the first woman to win the award. She was previously nominated for the award in 2015.