Jud Simons | |
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 1928 Summer Olympic gold medal gymnastic team. Jud Simons is third from the right. | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
20 August 1904 The Hague |
| Died |
3 March 1943 (aged 38) Sobibor extermination camp |
Judikje[1] "Jud" Simons (August 20, 1904 – March 3, 1943) was a Dutch gymnast who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.
In 1928 she won the gold medal as member of the Dutch gymnastics team.
She was born in The Hague and died in Sobibor extermination camp. She was deported and murdered together with her husband Bernard and their five-year-old daughter Sonja and their three-year-old son Leon.
Notes[]
- ↑ Her name is sometimes also spelt Judikeje.
Further reading[]
- Brouwer, Erik (2010). "De Moord op een Gouden Turnploeg". In van Liempt, Ad; Luitzen, Jan (in Dutch). Sport in de Oorlog. L.J. Veen. pp. 29–58. ISBN 978-90-204-1936-8.
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