Nelli Abramova
Soviet volleyball player (born 1940)
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Full name | Nelli Mikhaylovna Abramova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Soviet Union Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1940-08-18) 18 August 1940 (age 84) Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nelli Mikhaylovna Abramova (Russian: Не́лли Миха́йловна Абра́мова) (born 18 August 1940, in Chelyabinsk)[1] is a Jewish former Soviet competitive volleyball player.[2] She is an Olympic silver medallist (in 1964) and European champion (in 1967).[3]
Career
Abramova played from 1956 until 1975, for clubs in the Russian SFSR and the Ukrainian SSR, winning the USSR Cup in 1974.[4] 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
References
External links
- Nelli Abramova at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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Soviet Union women's volleyball squad – 1964 Summer Olympics – Silver medal
- Nelli Abramova
- Astra Biltauere
- Lyudmila Buldakova
- Lyudmila Gureyeva
- Valentina Kamenyok
- Marita Katusheva
- Ninel Lukanina
- Valentina Mishak
- Tatyana Roshchina
- Inna Ryskal
- Antonina Ryzhova
- Tamara Tikhonina
- Coach: Oleg Czechow