Jolanda Neff

Jolanda Neff (born 5 January 1993) is a Swiss cyclist, who primarily rides in the cross-country cycling and cyclo-cross disciplines, for the Cannondale Factory Racing team. 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. 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. 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.

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

In July 2021, Neff won the gold medal in the women's cross-country event at the COVID-19 pandemic-delayed 2020 Summer Olympics. 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.

Personal life

Since 2018, she has been in a relationship with American downhill mountain biking racer Luca Shaw.

Career achievements

Major results

Cyclo-cross

2015–2016

1st Madiswil

2017–2018

EKZ CrossTour

:1st Bern

:1st Meilen

:2nd Eschenbach

2018–2019

1st National Championships

DVV Trophy

:1st Baal

EKZ CrossTour

:1st Meilen

UCI World Cup

:5th Namur

2019–2020

1st Waterloo

UCI World Cup

:2nd Waterloo

2021–2022

1st Waterloo

UCI World Cup

:4th Waterloo

2022–2023

1st Hendersonville I

2025–2026

1st Hendersonville I

1st Hendersonville II

2nd National Championships

UCI World Cup

:5th Namur

Road

Source:

2015

1st Road race, National Championships

4th Giro dell'Emilia

6th Trofeo Alfredo Binda

9th Road race, UCI World Championships

2016

1st Overall Tour de Pologne

:1st Points classification

:1st Active rider classification

:1st Stages 1 & 3

3rd Trofeo Alfredo Binda

8th Road race, Olympic Games

10th La Flèche Wallonne

2018

1st Road race, National Championships

2020

4th Time trial, National Championships

2021

4th Overall Tour de Suisse

2022

5th Overall Tour de Suisse

2023

1st Overall Trofeo Ponente in Rosa

:1st Points classification

:1st Stage 3 & 4

2024

5th Overall Trofeo Ponente in Rosa

Mountain bike

Source:

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

2025

Shimano Super Cup

:1st Banyoles

:3rd La Nucia

Swiss Bike Cup

:1st Rivera

Internazionali d'Italia Series

:1st San Zeno di Montagna

1st Dornbirn

Ötztaler Festival

:3rd Haiming

UCI XCO World Cup

:4th Leogang

Awards and honours

Between 2014 and 2019, Neff was named as the Swiss female cyclist of the year at the . 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.

Following her Olympic gold medal, a street in Thal was renamed as "Jolanda Neff Weg" in her honour in August 2021.

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