Nelli Mikhaylovna Abramova ('' rus, Не́лли Миха́йловна Абра́мова'') (born 18 August 1940, in
Chelyabinsk
Chelyabinsk ( rus, Челя́бинск, p=tɕɪˈlʲæbʲɪnsk, a=Ru-Chelyabinsk.ogg; ba, Силәбе, ''Siläbe'') is the administrative center and largest city of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is the seventh-largest city in Russia, with a ...
) is a Jewish former
Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
competitive female 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
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...
and the
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
, 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
Unified Sports Classification System of the USSR (russian: Единая Всесоюзная спортивная классификация) is a document which provided general Soviet physical education system requirements for both athletes an ...
(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
*
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1940 births
Living people
Soviet Jews
Soviet women's volleyball players
Jewish women's volleyball players
Olympic volleyball players of 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
Universiade gold medalists for the Soviet Union