Jud Simons
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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 | (1904-08-20)20 August 1904 The Hague | ||||||||||||||
Died | 20 March 1943(1943-03-20) (aged 38) Sobibor extermination camp | ||||||||||||||
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
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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.