Jud Simons | |
Birth Date: | 20 August 1904 |
Birth Place: | The Hague |
Death Place: | Sobibor extermination camp |
Discipline: | WAG |
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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.
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.[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.[3]