Nelli Abramova Explained

Nelli Abramova
Fullname:	Nelli Mikhaylovna Abramova
Nationality:
Birth Date:	18 August 1940
Birth Place:	Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Height:	1.71 m
Weight:	60 kg
Nationalteam:	Soviet Union
Nationalyears:	1964–1967
Years1:	1956–1962
Team1:	Trud Chelyabinsk
Years2:	1962–1966
Team2:	Spartak Irkutsk
Years3:	1966–1975
Team3:	Burevestnik Odessa

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

• List of select Jewish volleyball players

Notes and References

1. Web site: Profile . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418110930/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ab/nelli-abramova-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . . 27 December 2016.
2. Bob Wechsler, Day by Day in Jewish Sports History, p 297
3. Web site: Profile . . 27 December 2016.
4. Web site: Profile . Russian . sportufo.ru . 27 December 2016.