Nelli Abramova
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] 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).