Jolanda Neff

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Jolanda Neff
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Neff in 2018
Personal information
Full nameJolanda Neff
Born (1993-01-05) 5 January 1993 (age 31)
Altstätten, Switzerland
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Team information
Current teamTrek Factory Racing
Disciplines
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Professional teams
2012Wheeler–IXS Team (off-road)
2013–2014Giant Pro XC Team (off-road)
2013 Rabobank–Liv Giant (road)
2014–2016Stöckli-Pro-Team (off-road)
2015–2016 Servetto Footon (road)
2017–2018Kross Racing Team (off-road)
2018–Trek Factory Racing (off-road)
2019 Trek–Segafredo (road) [1]
Major wins
Cyclo-cross
National Championships (2019)
Mountain bike
Olympic Games XC (2020)
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)
Medal record
Women's mountain bike racing
Representing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Cross-country
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Laissac Marathon
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Cairns Cross-country
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Cairns Team relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Lenzerheide Team relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Mont-Sainte-Anne Team relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Hafjell Team relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Mont-Sainte-Anne Cross-country
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Les Gets Cross-country
World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Overall Cross-country
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Overall Cross-country
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Overall Cross-country
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Overall Cross-country
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2015 Chies d'AlpagoCross-country
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Huskvarna Cross-country
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Huskvarna Team relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Glasgow Cross-country
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Brno Cross-country
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2013 BernaTeam relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2014 St. WendelCross-country
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2015 SingenMarathon
European Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Baku Cross-country
World Under-23 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Saalfelden Cross-country
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Pietermaritzburg Cross-country
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Hafjell Cross-country
European Under-23 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2012 Moscow Cross-country
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2014 St. Wendel Cross-country
European Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2011 Dohňany Cross-country

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.

Contents

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

2017–2018
EKZ CrossTour
1st Bern
1st Meilen
2nd Eschenbach
2018–2019
1st MaillotSuiza.svg National Championships
DVV Trophy
1st Baal
EKZ CrossTour
1st Meilen
2019–2020
1st Waterloo
UCI World Cup
2nd Waterloo
2021–2022
1st Waterloo

Road

Source: [10]

2015
1st MaillotSuiza.svg Road race, National Championships
4th Giro dell'Emilia
6th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
9th Road race, UCI World Championships
2016
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de Pologne
1st Jersey white.svg Points classification
1st MaillotAzul.PNG Active rider classification
1st Stages 1 & 3
3rd Trofeo Alfredo Binda
8th Road race, Olympic Games
10th La Flèche Wallonne
2018
1st MaillotSuiza.svg Road race, National Championships
2020
4th Time trial, National Championships
2021
4th Overall Tour de Suisse
2022
5th Overall Tour de Suisse
2023
1st Jersey pink.svg Overall Trofeo Ponente in Rosa
1st Jersey violet.svg Points classification
1st Stage 3 & 4
2024
5th Overall Trofeo Ponente in Rosa

Mountain bike

Source: [11]

2012
UCI World Championships
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Under-23 cross-country
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Eliminator
1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg Cross-country, UEC European Under-23 Championships
National Championships
1st MaillotSuiza.svg Eliminator
1st MaillotSuiza.svg Under-23 cross-country
BMC Racing Cup
2nd Basel–Muttenz
3rd Overall UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup
2013
UCI World Championships
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Under-23 cross-country
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Eliminator
1st MaillotSuiza.svg Eliminator, National Championships
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Team relay, UEC European Championships
BMC Racing Cup
3rd Gränichen
2014
UCI World Championships
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Under-23 cross-country
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Team relay
National Championships
1st MaillotSuiza.svg Cross-country
2nd Eliminator
1st Jersey white.svg 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 Silver medal europe.svg Cross-country, UEC European Under-23 Championships
2015
UEC European Championships
1st European champion jersey 2014.svg Cross-country
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Marathon
1st Gold medal blank.svg Cross-country, European Games
1st Jersey white.svg 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 Jersey rainbow.svg Marathon, UCI World Championships
UEC European Championships
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Cross-country
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Team relay
1st MaillotSuiza.svg Cross-country, National Championships
1st Jersey orange Epic Series.svg Overall Swiss Epic (with Alessandra Keller)
2017
UCI World Championships
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Cross-country
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team relay
1st MaillotSuiza.svg Cross-country, National Championships
2018
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team relay, UCI World Championships
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Cross-country, UEC European Championships
1st MaillotSuiza.svg Cross-country, National Championships
1st Jersey white.svg 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 European champion jersey 2016.svg 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 Silver medal uci.svg Cross-country, UCI World Championships
2nd Overall UCI XCO World Cup
2nd Albstadt
2nd Vallnord
2nd Les Gets
2nd Val di Sole
2020
1st MaillotSuiza.svg Cross-country, National Championships
Swiss Bike Cup
2nd Leukerbad
French Cup
2nd Alpe d'Huez
2021
1st Gold medal olympic.svg Cross-country, Olympic Games
1st MaillotSuiza.svg 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 MaillotSuiza.svg Short track, National Championships
UCI XCO World Cup
1st Mont-Sainte-Anne
3rd Val di Sole
UCI World Championships
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Cross-country
3rd Bronze medal uci.svg 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]

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