Alhambra Nievas

Alhambra Nievas
Nievas in 2016
Birth nameAlhambra Nievas González[1]
Date of birth (1983-08-09) 9 August 1983 (age 41)
Place of birthBeas de Granada, Spain
UniversityUniversity 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.

  1. ^ "Alhambra Nievas: Referee of the Year". scrumqueens.com. Retrieved 29 December 2017.