Judikje "Jud" Simons (20 August 1904 – 20 March 1943) was a Dutch

gymnast Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, sh ...

who competed in the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated fro ...

. 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 The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame ( he, יד לאיש הספורט היהודי, translit=Yad Le'ish HaSport HaYehudi) was opened July 7, 1981 in Netanya, Israel. It honors Jewish athletes and their accomplishments from anywhere around ...

in 1997. She was born in

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital o ...

and was murdered in

Sobibor extermination camp Sobibor (, Polish: ) was an extermination camp built and operated by Nazi Germany as part of Operation Reinhard. It was located in the forest near the village of Żłobek Duży in the General Government region of German-occupied Poland. As an ...

together with her husband Bernard, their five-year-old daughter Sonja and their three-year-old son Leon.

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Yad Vashem Yad Vashem ( he, יָד וַשֵׁם; literally, "a memorial and a name") is Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. It is dedicated to preserving the memory of the Jews who were murdered; honoring Jews who fought against th ...

website 1904 births 1943 deaths Dutch female artistic gymnasts Jewish Dutch sportspeople Dutch Jews who died in the Holocaust Gymnasts at the 1928 Summer Olympics Jewish gymnasts Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Olympic gymnasts of the Netherlands Gymnasts from The Hague Dutch people who died in Sobibor extermination camp Dutch civilians killed in World War II Olympic medalists in gymnastics International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame inductees Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics 20th-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub

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