Judikje[1] "Jud" Simons (20 August 1904 – 20 March 1943) was a Dutch Jewish gymnast who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.
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Country represented | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
Born | The Hague | 20 August 1904||||||||||||||
Died | 20 March 1943 Sobibor extermination camp | (aged 38)||||||||||||||
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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In 1928 she won the gold medal as member of the Dutch gymnastics team. The team was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.[2]
She was born in The Hague and was murdered in Sobibor extermination camp together with her husband Bernard, their five-year-old daughter Sonja and their three-year-old son Leon.
Notes
edit- ^ Her name is sometimes also spelt Judikeje.
- ^ "International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame: Netherlands 1928 Olympic Champions".
Further reading
edit- Brouwer, Erik (2010). "De Moord op een Gouden Turnploeg". In van Liempt, Ad; Luitzen, Jan (eds.). Sport in de Oorlog (in Dutch). L.J. Veen. pp. 29–58. ISBN 978-90-204-1936-8.
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Judikje Simons.
- Jud Simons at databaseOlympics.com
- Jud Simons commemoration, Yad Vashem website