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| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb; 12 st 4 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lourdes Alameda Garcia-Moreno (born 29 July 1991) is a Spanish rugby union player. She has competed for Spain in the 2014, 2017 and 2025 Women's Rugby World Cups.
Early career
[edit]Alameda first participated in rhythmic gymnastics at the age of three, she later took part in other sports like tennis and badminton.[1]
She first got involved with rugby at 18 while attending the Complutense University of Madrid in 2009.[2][3] She intended to play handball in college but there wasn't a women's league.[4] There were other sports to choose from but rugby caught her attention. She knew she wanted to play rugby because she knew nothing about it.[4]
Rugby career
[edit]Alameda earned her first cap in the 2013 European Qualification Tournament for the 2014 World Cup, she played in the final 20 minutes in Spain’s victory over the Netherlands.[2][5]
She has played in two Rugby World Cups, and has won the Rugby Europe Championship multiple times.[2][6] She has also competed for the Spanish sevens team in the Sevens World Series.[7][8]
She has previously played for the Sanse Scrum Rugby Club in San Sebastián de los Reyes.[1][9] She first played for them in the 2011–2012 season.[7][10] In 2019, she joined French club, AC Bobigny 93, in the Élite 1 competition.[7][10]
In 2023, she got injured after a ruck and couldn’t move her head the following day. However, she continued playing and featured in matches against Italy and the Netherlands. She was later told that she had contracted a cervical radiculopathy and had to go to the hospital for two months.[2]
Alameda was selected in Spain's squad for the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup in England.[11][12]
Personal life
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "La leona Lourdes Alameda en el debate Mujeres excepcionales de BBVA". Real Federación Española de Rugby - FERugby - Spanish Rugby Union (in Spanish). 2019-05-24. Retrieved 2025-11-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - 1 2 3 4 Isaac, Francisco (2025-05-09). "Lourdes Alameda: 'I lost the will to talk or leave my home, but I have zero regrets'". www.rugbypass.com. Retrieved 2025-11-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - 1 2 "La vida de Alameda y Rico fuera de España". La Tribuna de Toledo (in Spanish). 2020-04-07. Retrieved 2025-11-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - 1 2 Soro, Mario (2018-02-09). "Lourdes Alameda: "Nos hacen comentarios hirientes por jugar a rugby"". heraldo.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-11-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Noguera, Jorge (2025-08-09). "La paradoja de las Leonas mundialistas: "Hemos mejorado mucho, pero nos falta nivel"". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-11-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "LU VUELVE A CASA". Sanse Scrum Rugby (in European Spanish). 2021-07-22. Retrieved 2025-11-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - 1 2 3 "Lourdes Alameda al AC Bobigny Rugby francés". Rugby Femenino (in Spanish). 2019-08-25. Retrieved 2025-11-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Sánchez Carbonell, Ángel (2014-05-16). "Lourdes Alameda de nuevo con la Selección Española de Rugby". www.cronicanorte.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-11-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Lourdes Alameda, del Sanse Rugby, se proclama campeona de Europa junto a sus compañeras de la selección española" (in Spanish). 2022-03-01. Retrieved 2025-11-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - 1 2 "Lourdes Alameda ficha por AC Bobigny 93 Rugby". Veintidós (in Spanish). 2019-08-25. Retrieved 2025-11-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Así será el equipo de 32 Leonas que representará a España en el Mundial de Inglaterra" [This is the 32-woman team that will represent Spain at the World Cup in England.]. Spanish Rugby Federation (in Spanish). 11 August 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Spain announce squad for Women's RWC 2025". Rugby World Cup 2025 England. 8 November 2025. Retrieved 14 August 2025.