Judikje "Jud" Simons (20 August 1904 – 20 March 1943) was a
Dutch Jewish gymnast
Gymnastics is a group of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, artistry 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 (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for ...
.
In 1928 she was chosen as a reserve member of the Dutch gymnastics team and won the gold medal with her teammates. The team was inducted into the
International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.
She was born in
The Hague
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and was murdered in
Sobibor extermination camp
Sobibor ( ; ) 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 Occupation of Poland (1939–1945), ...
together with her husband Bernard, their five-year-old daughter Sonja and their three-year-old son Leon.
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External links
Jud Simons at databaseOlympics.comJud Simonscommemoration,
Yad Vashem
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1904 births
1943 deaths
Dutch female artistic gymnasts
Jewish Dutch sportspeople
Dutch Jews who died in the Holocaust
Gymnasts at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
Olympic gymnasts for 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 people
20th-century Dutch sportswomen
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