Swiss cyclist (born 1993)
Jolanda Neff
Neff in 2018
Full name Jolanda Neff Born (1993-01-05 ) 5 January 1993 (age 31)
Altstätten , SwitzerlandHeight 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Weight 53 kg (117 lb) Current team Trek Factory Racing Disciplines Role Rider Rider type All-rounder 2012 Wheeler–IXS Team (off-road) 2013–2014 Giant Pro XC Team (off-road) 2013
Rabobank–Liv Giant (road) 2014–2016 Stöckli-Pro-Team (off-road) 2015–2016
Servetto Footon (road) 2017–2018 Kross Racing Team (off-road) 2018– Trek Factory Racing (off-road) 2019
Trek–Segafredo (road)
[1]
Cyclo-cross
National Championships (2019)
Mountain bike
Olympic Games XC (
2021 )
World XC Championships (2017)
World Marathon Championships (2016)
European XC Championships (2015, 2016, 2018, 2019)
National XC Championships (2014, 2016–2018, 2020, 2021)
XC World Cup (
2014 ,
2015 ,
2018 )
8 individual wins (
2014 ,
2015 ,
2018 ,
2022 )
Road
One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (2015, 2018)
Jolanda Neff (born 5 January 1993) is a Swiss cyclist, who primarily rides in the
cross-country cycling and
cyclo-cross disciplines, for the Trek Factory Racing team.
[2] She won the gold medal in the
women's cross-country event at the
2020 Summer Olympics .
Career
She was the overall winner of the
UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in
2014 and
2015 .
[3]
[4] She was triple Under-23
Mountain Bike World Champion (
2012 ,
2013 and
2014 ). At the
2017 UCI World Championships in
Cairns she became the elite world champion.
In June 2015, she won the first gold medal for
Switzerland in the
women's cross country event at the
European Games in
Baku .
[5] Later the same month, she went on to win the
Swiss National Road Race Championships .
Neff won the
UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships in 2016 and Mountain Bike XCO World Championship in 2017. She also won the
European Mountain Bike Championships in August 2018 at
Cathkin Braes , just outside of
Glasgow .
[6]
In October 2018, Neff announced that she would join the new
Lidl–Trek team for 2019 in road racing, and Trek Factory Racing in mountain biking and cyclo-cross.
[7]
In July 2021, Neff won the gold medal in the
women's cross-country event at the
COVID-19 pandemic -delayed
2020 Summer Olympics .
[8] Her victory, along with her teammates
Linda Indergand and
Sina Frei winning the bronze and silver medals, marked the first all-Swiss Olympic podium since 1936 and the first time a nation has won all three medals in a cycling event since 1904.
[8]
Personal life
Since 2018, she has been in a relationship with American
downhill mountain biking racer
Luca Shaw .
[9]
Career achievements
Major results
Cyclo-cross
Road
Source:
[10]
Mountain bike
Source:
[11]
2012
UCI World Championships
1st
Under-23 cross-country
2nd
Eliminator
1st
Cross-country,
UEC European Under-23 Championships
National Championships
1st
Eliminator
1st
Under-23 cross-country
BMC Racing Cup
2nd
Basel–Muttenz
3rd Overall
UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup
2013
UCI World Championships
1st
Under-23 cross-country
2nd
Eliminator
1st
Eliminator,
National Championships
2nd
Team relay,
UEC European Championships
BMC Racing Cup
3rd
Gränichen
2014
UCI World Championships
1st
Under-23 cross-country
2nd
Team relay
National Championships
1st
Cross-country
2nd Eliminator
1st
Overall
UCI XCO World Cup
1st
Pietermaritzburg
1st
Mont-Sainte-Anne
1st
Méribel
3rd
Albstadt
BMC Racing Cup
1st
Buchs
1st
Lugano–Tesserete
1st
Gränichen
1st
Lenzerheide
1st
Basel–Muttenz
2nd
Cross-country,
UEC European Under-23 Championships
2015
UEC European Championships
1st
Cross-country
2nd
Marathon
1st
Cross-country ,
European Games
1st
Overall
UCI XCO World Cup
1st
Nové Město
1st
Albstadt
1st
Mont-Sainte-Anne
2nd
Windham
2nd
Trentino
BMC Racing Cup
1st
Schaan
1st
Lugano–Tesserete
1st
Solothurn
1st
Gränichen
2016
1st
Marathon,
UCI World Championships
UEC European Championships
1st
Cross-country
1st
Team relay
1st
Cross-country,
National Championships
1st
Overall
Swiss Epic (with
Alessandra Keller )
2017
UCI World Championships
1st
Cross-country
1st
Team relay
1st
Cross-country,
National Championships
2018
1st
Team relay ,
UCI World Championships
1st
Cross-country,
UEC European Championships
1st
Cross-country,
National Championships
1st
Overall
UCI XCO World Cup
1st
Albstadt
3rd
Val di Sole
Swiss Bike Cup
1st
Gränichen
1st
Andermatt
2nd
Schaan
1st Internacionales Chelva
UCI XCC World Cup
2nd
Albstadt
2nd
Mont-Sainte-Anne
3rd
Nové Město
3rd
La Bresse
2019
1st
Cross-country,
UEC European Championships
UCI XCC World Cup
1st
Vallnord
1st
Val di Sole
2nd
Albstadt
2nd
Lenzerheide
3rd
Nové Město
1st Tokyo 2020 Test Event
2nd
Cross-country ,
UCI World Championships
2nd Overall
UCI XCO World Cup
2nd
Albstadt
2nd
Vallnord
2nd
Les Gets
2nd
Val di Sole
2020
1st
Cross-country,
National Championships
Swiss Bike Cup
2nd
Leukerbad
French Cup
2nd
Alpe d'Huez
2021
1st
Cross-country ,
Olympic Games
1st
Cross-country,
National Championships
Internazionali d'Italia Series
1st
Andora
2nd Copa Catalana Internacional BTT
UCI XCC World Cup
3rd
Leogang
3rd
Lenzerheide
2022
1st
Short track,
National Championships
UCI XCO World Cup
1st
Mont-Sainte-Anne
3rd
Val di Sole
UCI World Championships
2nd
Cross-country
3rd
Marathon
3rd Overall
UCI XCC World Cup
1st
Nové Město
1st
Mont-Sainte-Anne
3rd
Lenzerheide
2023
2nd Cross-country,
National Championships
2nd
Haiming
Swiss Bike Cup
2nd
Basel
3rd
Gränichen
4th Cross-country,
UEC European Championships
UCI XCO World Cup
4th
Mont-Sainte-Anne
5th
Snowshoe
2024
Swiss Bike Cup
2nd
Gränichen
2nd
Rivera
Shimano Super Cup
2nd
Banyoles
UCI XCO World Cup
5th
Mairiporã
Awards and honours
Between 2014 and 2019, Neff was named as the Swiss female cyclist of the year at the
Swiss Cycling Awards [
de ] .
[12]
[13] She won the award for a seventh time in 2021, as all five Swiss female cyclists to ride, and win medals, at the
2020 Summer Olympics – Neff,
Sina Frei ,
Linda Indergand ,
Marlen Reusser and
Nikita Ducarroz – were recognised as joint winners.
[14]
Following her Olympic gold medal, a street in
Thal was renamed as "Jolanda Neff Weg" in her honour in August 2021.
[15]
References
External links
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