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Helena Nordheim

January 01, 1970

Helena "Lea" Nordheim (1 August 1903 – 2 July 1943) was a Dutch gymnast.[1] She won the gold medal as a member of the Dutch gymnastics team at the 1928 Summer Olympics in her native Amsterdam.[2] With her team, she was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.[3]

Helena Nordheim
The Dutch gymnastics team of the 1928 Summer Olympics. Helena Nordheim is the 4th person from the left.
Personal information
Country represented Netherlands
Born(1903-08-01)1 August 1903
Amsterdam
Died2 July 1943(1943-07-02) (aged 39)
Sobibor extermination camp
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Medal record

Nordheim was born in Amsterdam and was murdered in the Sobibor extermination camp.[4] As a Jew, she was sent to Westerbork concentration camp in June 1943. Shortly after, Nordheim was deported to Sobibór where she was murdered, together with her husband Abraham and their ten-year-old daughter Rebecca.[5][6]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Taylor, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics : with a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medallists. Sussex Academic Press. ISBN 9781903900871.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
  3. ^ "International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame: Netherlands 1928 Olympic Champions".
  4. ^ Schaffer, Kay; Smith, Sidonie (2000). The Olympics at the Millennium: Power, Politics, and the Games. Rutgers University Press. pp. 60–62. ISBN 978-0-8135-2820-5.
  5. ^ Taylor, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games. Sussex Academic Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-903900-87-1.
  6. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.

Further reading edit

  • Brouwer, Erik (2010). "De Moord op een Gouden Turnploeg". In van Liempt, Ad; Luitzen, Jan (eds.). Sport in de Oorlog (in Dutch). L.J. Veen. pp. 29–58. ISBN 978-90-204-1936-8.

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