Nelli Abramova
Nelli Mikhaylovna Abramova is a Jewish former Soviet competitive volleyball player. She is an Olympic silver medallist and European champion.
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, Universiade champion and European champion.Clubs
- Trud Chelyabinsk
- Spartak Irkutsk
- Burevestnik Odessa / Medin Odessa
Honours and awards
- Merited Master of Sports of the USSR
- 1964 Olympic Games – Silver medal
- 1965 Summer Universiade – Gold medal
- 1967 European Championship – Gold medal
- 1974 USSR Cup