Jolanda Neff

Jolanda Neff (born 5 January 1993) is a Swiss cyclist, who currently rides for Trek Factory Racing in cross-country and cyclo-cross events. She won the gold medal in the women's cross-country event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Jolanda Neff
Neff in 2018
Personal information
Full nameJolanda Neff
Born (1993-01-05) 5 January 1993
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Team information
Current teamTrek Factory Racing
Disciplines
RoleRider
Professional teams
2012Wheeler–IXS Team (off-road)
2013–2014Giant Pro XC Team (off-road)
2013Rabobank–Liv Giant (road)
2014–2016Stöckli-Pro-Team (off-road)
2015–2016Servetto Footon (road)
2017–2018Kross Racing Team (off-road)
2018–Trek Factory Racing (off-road)
2019Trek–Segafredo (road)[1]
Major wins
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)
National XC Championships
(2014, 2016–2018, 2020, 2021)
Road

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2015, 2018)
Medal record
Women's Mountain bike racing
Representing   Switzerland
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo Cross-country
World Championships
2016 LaissacMarathon
2017 CairnsCross-country
2017 CairnsTeam relay
2018 LenzerheideTeam relay
2019 Mont-Sainte-AnneTeam relay
2014 HafjellTeam relay
2019 Mont-Sainte-AnneCross-country
World Cup
2014 OverallCross-country
2015 OverallCross-country
2018 OverallCross-country
2017 OverallCross-country
European Championships
2015 Chies d'AlpagoCross-country
2016 HuskvarnaCross-country
2016 HuskvarnaTeam relay
2018 GlasgowCross-country
2019 BrnoCross-country
2013 BernaTeam relay
2014 St. WendelCross-country
2015 SingenMarathon
European Games
2015 BakuCross-country
World Under-23 Championships
2012 SaalfeldenCross-country
2013 PietermaritzburgCross-country
2014 HafjellCross-country
European Under-23 Championships
2012 Moscow Cross-country
2014 St. Wendel Cross-country
European Junior Championships
2011 Dohňany Cross-country

Career

She was the overall winner of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in 2014 and 2015.[2][3] 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.[4] 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.[5]

In October 2018, Neff announced that she would join the new Trek–Segafredo team for 2019 in road racing, and Trek Factory Racing in mountain biking and cyclo-cross.[6]

In July 2021, Neff won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[7] Her victory, along with her teammates Linda Indergand and Sina Frei winning the bronze and silver medals, marked the first Swiss Olympic podium since 1936 and the first time a nation has won all three medals in a cycling event since 1904.[7]

Personal life

Since 2018, she has been in a relationship with US-downhill mountainbike racer Luca Shaw.[8]

Major results

Mountain biking

[9]

2012
1st UCI World Under-23 XCO Championships
1st UEC European Under-23 XCO Championships
1st National XC Eliminator Championships
1st National Under-23 XCO Championships
2nd UCI World XC Eliminator Championships
BMC Racing Cup
2nd Basel–Muttenz
3rd Overall UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup
2013
1st UCI World Under-23 XCO Championships
1st National XC Eliminator Championships
2nd UCI World XC Eliminator Championships
2nd UEC European Team Relay Championships
BMC Racing Cup
3rd Gränichen
2014
1st UCI World Under-23 XCO Championships
1st National XCO Championships
1st Overall UCI XCO World Cup
1st Pietermaritzburg
1st Mont-Sainte-Anne
1st Méribel
3rd Albstadt
2nd National XC Eliminator Championships
BMC Racing Cup
1st Buchs
1st Lugano–Tesserete
1st Gränichen
1st Lenzerheide
1st Basel–Muttenz
2nd UCI World Team Relay Championships
2nd UEC European Under-23 XCO Championships
2015
1st UEC European XCO Championships
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
2nd UEC European Marathon Championships
2016
1st UCI World Marathon Championships
1st UEC European XCO Championships
1st UEC European Team Relay Championships
1st National XCO Championships
2017
1st UCI World XCO Championships
1st UCI World Team Relay Championships
1st National XCO Championships
2018
1st UCI World Team Relay Championships
1st UEC European XCO Championships
1st National XCO 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
2019
2nd UCI World XCO Championships
2nd Overall UCI XCO World Cup
2nd Albstadt
2nd Vallnord
2nd Les Gets
2nd Val di Sole
2020
1st National XCO Championships
Swiss Bike Cup
2nd Leukerbad
2021
1st Cross-country, Olympic Games
1st National XCO Championships
Internazionali d’Italia Series
1st Andora Race Cup
2nd Copa Catalana Internacional BTT
UCI XCC World Cup
3rd Leogang
3rd Lenzerheide

Road
2015
1st Road race, National Road Championships[10][11][12]
4th Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite
6th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
9th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
2016
1st Overall Women's Tour de Pologne[13]
1st Points classification
1st Sprints classification
1st Stages 1[14] & 3
3rd Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
8th Road race, Olympic Games[15]
10th La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
2018
1st Road race, National Road Championships[16]
2020
4th Time trial, National Road Championships

Cyclo-cross
2017–2018
EKZ CrossTour
1st Bern
1st Meilen
2nd Eschenbach
2018–2019
1st National Championships
DVV Trophy
1st Grand Prix Sven Nys
EKZ CrossTour
1st Meilen
2019–2020
1st Trek Cup
UCI World Cup
2nd Waterloo
2021–2022
1st Trek Cup

References
  1. "Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women". Trek Bicycle Corporation. Intrepid Corporation. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  2. "Neff wins cross country World Cup in Meribel: Dahle Flesjaa and Ferrand Prevot take second and third". Cycling News. 24 August 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  3. "Langvad solos to Val di Sole victory: Neff defends World Cup title with second place". 23 August 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  4. "Cycling Mountain Bike". Baku 2015. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  5. "Mountain Biking – Neff earns runaway European cross-country win". Channel News Asia. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  6. "Neff signs with Trek Factory Racing". cyclingnews.com. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  7. "First 'Swiss podium' at Olympics since 1936".
  8. Er hat Jolanda so stark gemacht. In: Blick.ch, 27. Juli 2021.
  9. "All race results from Jolanda Neff". XCODATA. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  10. "Meisterschaften Schweiz: MTB-Spezialistin Jolanda Neff powert auf der Straße zu Gold". Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  11. "Jolanda Neff aussi à l'aise sur route qu'en VTT". Le Matin. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  12. "Svizzera, Jolanda Neff vince campionati femminili". Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  13. "Neff seals inaugural Tour de Pologne overall". cyclingnews.com. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  14. "Jolanda Neff wins Women's Tour de Pologne opener". cyclingnews.com. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  15. "Cycling: Women's Road Race". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  16. "Who are all the new national champions of 2018?". Cycling Weekly. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
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