Nelli Abramova

Nelli Mikhaylovna Abramova () (born 18 August 1940, in Chelyabinsk) is a Jewish former Soviet competitive volleyball player. She is an Olympic silver medallist (in 1964) and European champion (in 1967).

Career

Abramova played from 1956 until 1975, for clubs in the Russian SFSR and the Ukrainian SSR, winning the USSR Cup in 1974. She played for the Soviet Union national team from 1964 to 1967 becoming an Olympic silver medallist (in 1964), Universiade champion (in 1965) and European champion (in 1967).

Clubs

Trud Chelyabinsk (1956–1962) Spartak Irkutsk (1962–1966) Burevestnik Odessa / Medin Odessa (1966–1975)

Honours and awards

Merited Master of Sports of the USSR (1971)

National team

1964 Olympic Games – Silver medal

1965 Summer Universiade – Gold medal

1967 European Championship – Gold medal

Clubs

1974 USSR Cup (champion with Medin Odessa)

See also

List of select Jewish volleyball players

References

External links

1940 births

Living people

Soviet Jews

Soviet women's volleyball players

Jewish women's volleyball players

Olympic volleyball players for the Soviet Union

Volleyball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union

Olympic medalists in volleyball

Sportspeople from Chelyabinsk

Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR

Universiade medalists in volleyball

FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union