Great Olympians

Biographies - NEF

Vera Neferović

B. 1907-01-12, Gradiška, Bosnia & Herzegovina, then part of Austria-Hungary, lived in Zagreb, Croatia, represented Yugoslavia; D. 1989-05-13 in Zagreb
Athletics - Track and Field
1936 HP
Women's Discus Throw 17th 6
6

When someone moves from a small town to a major city in the same country I prefer to use the birthplace as an indication for the nationality, so I class this athlete as Bosnian.

Jolanda Neff

B. 1993-01-05, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
Cycling - Mountain Bike & Cycling - Road
2016 2021 HP
Women's Cross-Country sixth gold 10560
Women's Road Race eighth 384
10944

Paul Neff

B. 1938-01-10, Schifferstadt, R-P, Germany, represented the Federal Republic in 1968
Wrestling - Freestyle
1960 1964 1968 HP
Men's Flyweight (-52 kg) fourth 16th 7th 3009.6
3009.6

Karel Neffe

B. 1948-07-06, Praha, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia; D. 2020-02-13
Rowing (1 bronze)
1972 1976 1980 HP
Men's Coxed Fours bronze fourth 4312
Men's Eights fourth
4312

Miluše Neffeová

B. 1950-09-18, Ústí nad Labem, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia
Rowing
1976 HP
Women's Double Sculls 8th 320
320

Written 2017-12-12 - last modified 2022-11-16

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