Simon Okker Explained

Simon Okker
Birth Date:	1 June 1881
Birth Place:	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Death Place:	Auschwitz-Birkenau, German-occupied Poland
Sport:	Fencing
Event:	epee and foil
Show-Medals:	yes

Simon Okker (1 June 1881 – 6 March 1944) was a Dutch Olympic epee and foil fencer, who was killed in the Auschwitz concentration camp.^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Okker was Jewish, and was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands.^{[1] [3]} He participated in the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece, coming in 5th, and in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England.^[1]

Okker was killed by the Nazis in the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944.^{[4] [5]}

His grandson Tom Okker became a successful tennis player.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Simon Okker. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418050631/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ok/simon-okker-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. sports-reference.com. 23 November 2011.
2. Web site: Simon Okker . Olympedia . 25 March 2021.
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=4OP_5zzOBNMC&dq=%22Lion+van+Minden%22&pg=PT62 Jewish Jocks: An Unorthodox Hall of Fame
4. Book: Kay Schaffer & Sidonie Smith. The Olympics at the Millennium: Power, Politics, and the Games. Rutgers University Press. 61. 2000. 0-8135-2820-8.
5. Web site: Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 . dead . 17 April 2020 . 24 July 2018 . Sports Reference.