Jolanda Neff Explained

Jolanda Neff
Fullname:	Jolanda Neff
Birth Date:	5 January 1993
Birth Place:	Altstätten, Switzerland
Height:	1.68 m
Weight:	53 kg
Currentteam:	Trek Factory Racing
Role:	Rider
Ridertype:	All-rounder
Majorwins:	Cyclo-cross National Championships (2019) Mountain bike Olympic Games XC (2020) World XC Championships (2017) World Marathon Championships (2016) European XC Championships (2015, 2016, 2018, 2019) National XC Championships (2014, 2016–2018, 2020, 2021) XC World Cup (2014, 2015, 2018) RoadOne-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2015, 2018)
Proyears1:	2012
Proteam1:	Wheeler–IXS Team (off-road)
Proyears2:	2013–2014
Proteam2:	Giant Pro XC Team (off-road)
Proyears3:	2013
Proteam3:	(road)
Proyears4:	2014–2016
Proteam4:	Stöckli-Pro-Team (off-road)
Proyears5:	2015–2016
Proteam5:	(road)
Proyears6:	2017–2018
Proteam6:	Kross Racing Team (off-road)
Proyears7:	2018–
Proteam7:	Trek Factory Racing (off-road)
Proyears8:	2019
Proteam8:	(road)^[1]
Show-Medals:	no

Jolanda Neff (born 5 January 1993) is a Swiss cyclist, who primarily rides in the cross-country cycling and cyclo-cross disciplines, for the Trek Factory Racing team.^[2] She won the gold medal in the women's cross-country event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Career

She was the overall winner of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in 2014 and 2015.^[3] ^[4] She was triple Under-23 Mountain Bike World Champion (2012, 2013 and 2014). At the 2017 UCI World Championships in Cairns she became the elite world champion.

In June 2015, she won the first gold medal for Switzerland in the women's cross country event at the European Games in Baku.^[5] Later the same month, she went on to win the Swiss National Road Race Championships.

Neff won the UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships in 2016 and Mountain Bike XCO World Championship in 2017. She also won the European Mountain Bike Championships in August 2018 at Cathkin Braes, just outside of Glasgow.^[6]

In October 2018, Neff announced that she would join the new team for 2019 in road racing, and Trek Factory Racing in mountain biking and cyclo-cross.^[7]

In July 2021, Neff won the gold medal in the women's cross-country event at the COVID-19 pandemic-delayed 2020 Summer Olympics.^[8] Her victory, along with her teammates Linda Indergand and Sina Frei winning the bronze and silver medals, marked the first all-Swiss Olympic podium since 1936 and the first time a nation has won all three medals in a cycling event since 1904.^[8]

Personal life

Since 2018, she has been in a relationship with American downhill mountain biking racer Luca Shaw.^[9]

Career achievements

Major results

Cyclo-cross

2017–2018

EKZ CrossTour

1st Bern

1st Meilen

2nd Eschenbach

2018–2019

1st National Championships

DVV Trophy

1st Baal

EKZ CrossTour

1st Meilen

2019–2020

1st Waterloo

UCI World Cup

2nd Waterloo

2021–2022

1st Waterloo

Road

Source: ^[10]

2015

1st Road race, National Championships

4th Giro dell'Emilia

6th Trofeo Alfredo Binda

9th Road race, UCI World Championships

2016

1st Overall Tour de Pologne

1st Points classification

1st Active rider classification

1st Stages 1 & 3

3rd Trofeo Alfredo Binda

8th Road race, Olympic Games

10th La Flèche Wallonne

2018

1st Road race, National Championships

2020

4th Time trial, National Championships

2021

4th Overall Tour de Suisse

2022

5th Overall Tour de Suisse

2023

1st Overall Trofeo Ponente in Rosa

1st Points classification

1st Stage 3 & 4

2024

5th Overall Trofeo Ponente in Rosa

Mountain bike

Source: ^[11]

2012

UCI World Championships

1st Under-23 cross-country

2nd Eliminator

1st Cross-country, UEC European Under-23 Championships

National Championships

1st Eliminator

1st Under-23 cross-country

BMC Racing Cup

2nd Basel–Muttenz

3rd Overall UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup

2013

UCI World Championships

1st Under-23 cross-country

2nd Eliminator

1st Eliminator, National Championships

2nd Team relay, UEC European Championships

BMC Racing Cup

3rd Gränichen

2014

UCI World Championships

1st Under-23 cross-country

2nd Team relay

National Championships

1st Cross-country

2nd Eliminator

1st Overall UCI XCO World Cup

1st Pietermaritzburg

1st Mont-Sainte-Anne

1st Méribel

3rd Albstadt

BMC Racing Cup

1st Buchs

1st Lugano–Tesserete

1st Gränichen

1st Lenzerheide

1st Basel–Muttenz

2nd Cross-country, UEC European Under-23 Championships

2015

UEC European Championships

1st Cross-country

2nd Marathon

1st Cross-country, European Games

1st Overall UCI XCO World Cup

1st Nové Město

1st Albstadt

1st Mont-Sainte-Anne

2nd Windham

2nd Trentino

BMC Racing Cup

1st Schaan

1st Lugano–Tesserete

1st Solothurn

1st Gränichen

2016

1st Marathon, UCI World Championships

UEC European Championships

1st Cross-country

1st Team relay

1st Cross-country, National Championships

1st Overall Swiss Epic (with Alessandra Keller)

2017

UCI World Championships

1st Cross-country

1st Team relay

1st Cross-country, National Championships

2018

1st Team relay, UCI World Championships

1st Cross-country, UEC European Championships

1st Cross-country, National Championships

1st Overall UCI XCO World Cup

1st Albstadt

3rd Val di Sole

Swiss Bike Cup

1st Gränichen

1st Andermatt

2nd Schaan

1st Internacionales Chelva

UCI XCC World Cup

2nd Albstadt

2nd Mont-Sainte-Anne

3rd Nové Město

3rd La Bresse

2019

1st Cross-country, UEC European Championships

UCI XCC World Cup

1st Vallnord

1st Val di Sole

2nd Albstadt

2nd Lenzerheide

3rd Nové Město

1st Tokyo 2020 Test Event

2nd Cross-country, UCI World Championships

2nd Overall UCI XCO World Cup

2nd Albstadt

2nd Vallnord

2nd Les Gets

2nd Val di Sole

2020

1st Cross-country, National Championships

Swiss Bike Cup

2nd Leukerbad

French Cup

2nd Alpe d'Huez

2021

1st Cross-country, Olympic Games

1st Cross-country, National Championships

Internazionali d'Italia Series

1st Andora

2nd Copa Catalana Internacional BTT

UCI XCC World Cup

3rd Leogang

3rd Lenzerheide

2022

1st Short track, National Championships

UCI XCO World Cup

1st Mont-Sainte-Anne

3rd Val di Sole

UCI World Championships

2nd Cross-country

3rd Marathon

3rd Overall UCI XCC World Cup

1st Nové Město

1st Mont-Sainte-Anne

3rd Lenzerheide

2023

2nd Cross-country, National Championships

2nd Haiming

Swiss Bike Cup

2nd Basel

3rd Gränichen

4th Cross-country, UEC European Championships

UCI XCO World Cup

4th Mont-Sainte-Anne

5th Snowshoe

2024

Swiss Bike Cup

2nd Gränichen

2nd Rivera

Shimano Super Cup

2nd Banyoles

UCI XCO World Cup

5th Mairiporã

Awards and honours

Between 2014 and 2019, Neff was named as the Swiss female cyclist of the year at the .^[12] ^[13] She won the award for a seventh time in 2021, as all five Swiss female cyclists to ride, and win medals, at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Neff, Sina Frei, Linda Indergand, Marlen Reusser and Nikita Ducarroz – were recognised as joint winners.^[14]

Following her Olympic gold medal, a street in Thal was renamed as "Jolanda Neff Weg" in her honour in August 2021.^[15]

Notes and References

News: Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women. Trek Bicycle Corporation. Intrepid Corporation. 27 December 2018. 8 March 2019.
Web site: Jolanda Neff. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 9 January 2023.
Web site: Neff wins cross country World Cup in Meribel: Dahle Flesjaa and Ferrand Prevot take second and third. 24 August 2014. Cycling News. 5 September 2018.
Web site: Langvad solos to Val di Sole victory: Neff defends World Cup title with second place. 23 August 2015 . 11 July 2016.
Web site: Cycling Mountain Bike . 14 June 2015 . Baku 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180910133146/http://www.baku2015.com/cycling-mountain-bike/index.html . 10 September 2018 . usurped .
Web site: Mountain Biking – Neff earns runaway European cross-country win . Channel News Asia . 7 August 2018 . 8 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180808120100/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/sport/mountain-biking---neff-earns-runaway-european-cross-country-win-10596882 . dead .
Web site: Neff signs with Trek Factory Racing. 24 October 2018 . . 2 January 2019.
Web site: First 'Swiss podium' at Olympics since 1936.
News: Mathias. Germann. Er hat Jolanda so stark gemacht. German. He made Jolanda so strong. Blick. Ringier. 27 July 2021. 9 January 2023.
Web site: Jolanda Neff. FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. 9 January 2023.
Web site: All race results from Jolanda Neff. 13 February 2022. XCODATA.
News: Jolanda Neff and Nino Schurter scoop Swiss awards. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 9 November 2018. 9 January 2023. For both riders, it was their fifth consecutive win at the Swiss Cycling awards [...].
News: Balz. Weber. Swiss Cycling Awards: Neff holt sechste Auszeichnung in Serie. German. Swiss Cycling Awards: Neff wins sixth award in a row. Ride. Swiss Sports Publishing GmbH. 4 November 2019. 9 January 2023.
News: Balz. Weber. Swiss Cycling erteilt fünf Frauen eine besondere Ehre. German. Swiss Cycling gives a special honor to five women. Ride. Swiss Sports Publishing GmbH. 9 December 2021. 9 January 2023.
News: Rudolf. Hirtl. Thal würdigt seine Olympiasiegerin: Jolanda Neff Weg mit Sekt und ein paar Tränen eingeweiht. German. Thal honors its Olympic champion: Jolanda Neff inaugurated with champagne and a few tears. St. Galler Tagblatt. St. Galler Tagblatt AG. 18 August 2021. 9 January 2023.