Alhambra Nievas

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

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