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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]

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

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

References

External links

• Nelli Abramova at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

На других языках

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- [en] Nelli Abramova

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[ru] Абрамова, Нелли Михайловна

Не́лли Миха́йловна Абра́мова (18 августа 1940, Челябинск) — советская волейболистка, игрок сборной СССР (1964—1967). Серебряный призёр Олимпийских игр 1964, чемпионка Европы 1967. Связующая. Мастер спорта СССР международного класса (1971).

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