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 Trek 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.

Cyclo-cross

 * 2017–2018
 * EKZ CrossTour
 * 1st Bern
 * 1st Meilen
 * 2nd Eschenbach


 * 2018–2019
 * 1st MaillotSuiza.PNG 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:


 * 2015
 * 1st MaillotSuiza.PNG 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 Jersey blue.svg Active rider classification
 * 1st Stages 1 & 3
 * 3rd Trofeo Alfredo Binda
 * 8th Road race, Olympic Games
 * 10th La Flèche Wallonne


 * 2018
 * 1st MaillotSuiza.PNG 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 yellow.svg Overall Trofeo Ponente in Rosa
 * 1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
 * 1st Stage 3 & 4


 * 2024
 * 5th Overall Trofeo Ponente in Rosa

Mountain bike
Source:


 * 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.PNG Eliminator
 * 1st MaillotSuiza.PNG 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.PNG 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.PNG 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.PNG 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.PNG 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.PNG 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.PNG 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.PNG 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.PNG 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. 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.