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Nationality
  
Russian

Name
  
Nelli Abramova

Role
  
Olympic athlete


Full name
  
Nelli Mikhaylovna Abramova

Nickname
  
Nelli Mihailovna abramova

Born
  
August 18, 1940 (age 84) Russia (
1940-08-18
)

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

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Career

Abramova played from 1956 until 1975, for clubs in the Russian SFSR and the Ukrainian SSR, 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 (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)

    • References

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