Nelli Abramova

Personal information
Full name| Nelli Mikhaylovna Abramova
Nationality|  Soviet Union
Russia
Born|  (1940-08-18) 18 August 1940 (age 81)
Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Height| 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight| 60 kg (132 lb)
Career
| Years| Teams

|

1956–1962| Trud Chelyabinsk
1962–1966| Spartak Irkutsk
1966–1975| Burevestnik Odessa
National team
| 1964–1967| Soviet Union

|

Honours

Women's volleyball
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
|  1964 Tokyo | Team competition
European Championship
|  1967 Turkey | Team
Summer Universiade
|  1965 Budapest | Team

Nelli Mikhaylovna Abramova (Russian: Не́лли Миха́йловна Абра́мова) (born 18 August 1940, in Chelyabinsk)[1] is a Jewish former Soviet competitive female volleyball player.[2] She is an Olympic silver medallist (in 1964) and European champion (in 1967).[3]

## Contents

* 1 Career
* 2 Clubs
* 3 Honours and awards
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Career[edit]

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[edit]

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

## Honours and awards[edit]

* 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[edit]

* List of select Jewish volleyball players

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
2. ^ Bob Wechsler, Day by Day in Jewish Sports History, p 297
3. ^ "Profile". IOC. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
4. ^ "Profile". sportufo.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 27 December 2016.

## External links[edit]

* 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

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