Nelli Wassiljewna Ferjabnikowa

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Nelli Wassiljewna Ferjabnikowa , born as Nelli Wassiljewna Bilmajer , ( Russian : Нелли Васильевна Ферябникова ; born May 14, 1949 in Vorkuta ) is a former Soviet basketball player who was Olympic champion in 1976 and 1980. She was also twice world champion and five times European champion.

Athletic career

Nelli Ferjabnikowa won with the national team of the USSR from 1970 to 1978 in five consecutive tournaments the European championship title, with the first time she took on as Nelli Bilmajer. In 1970 she scored 67 points in seven games, seven of them in the final against the French . In 1971 at the World Cup in Brazil, the Soviet team won ahead of the team from Czechoslovakia and the Brazilians . Nelli Bilmajer scored 95 points in nine games. At the European Championships in 1972 she first appeared under the name Nelli Ferjabnikowa. She contributed to winning the title with 68 points in eight games. Two years later she was only in six of the eight games and scored 29 points when winning the 1974 title. At the World Cup in 1975 Ferjabnikowa scored 93 points in eight games and was behind Uļjana Semjonova second best thrower of the Soviet team. The Soviet team won the title in a final round before the Japanese .

When winning the European title in 1976 Ferjabnikowa was successful with 57 points in eight games. Two months after the European Championships, the first Olympic basketball tournament for women was held in Montreal , in which six teams competed against each other, the Soviet players won all five games. Ferjabnikova scored 48 points, in the game against the silver medalists from the United States she scored ten points. In 1978 at the European Championships in Poland, the Soviet team won all eight games. Ferjabnikowa scored a total of 90 points and was behind Olga Sucharnowa and Uļjana Semjonova third most successful thrower of her team. The team from the USSR and the other teams from the Eastern Bloc did not take part in the 1979 World Cup in South Korea. At the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, the team from the USSR was clearly favored as the host team in the absence of the boycotting world champions from the United States. The team also won all six games, the final against Bulgaria ending 104-73. With 57 points in six games, including seven points in the final, Ferjabnikowa contributed to winning the title.

The 1.93 m tall Nelli Ferjabnikowa played for Spartak Moscow , with this club she became Soviet champions in 1978.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Medal winners at the European Basketball Championships at sport-komplett.de
  2. ↑ Player statistics of the EC 1970 at archive.fiba.com
  3. ↑ Medal winners at basketball world championships at sport-komplett.de
  4. ↑ Player statistics from the 1971 World Cup at archive.fiba.com
  5. ↑ In the overview at sport-complete is 1972 Serjabnikowa.
  6. ↑ Player statistics of the European Championship 1972 at archive.fiba.com
  7. ↑ Player statistics of the Euro 1974 at archive.fiba.com
  8. ↑ Player statistics from the 1975 World Cup at archive.fiba.com
  9. ↑ Player statistics of the EM 1976 at archive.fiba.com
  10. ↑ Player statistics from the 1976 Olympic Games at archive.fiba.com
  11. ↑ Player statistics of the EM 1978 at archive.fiba.com
  12. ↑ Player statistics from the 1980 Olympic Games at archive.fiba.com
personal data
SURNAME Ferjabnikowa, Nelli Wassiljewna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ферябникова, Нелли Васильевна (Russian); Bilmajer, Nelli Wassiljewna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION soviet basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Vorkuta