Helena Nordheim
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Country represented | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
Born | Amsterdam | 1 August 1903||||||||||||||
Died | 2 July 1943 Sobibor extermination camp | (aged 39)||||||||||||||
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
Nordheim was born in Amsterdam and died in the Sobibor extermination camp.[3] 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 Rebbecca.[4][5]
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Helena Nordheim Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2011-07-12.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Taylor, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games. Sussex Academic Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-903900-87-1.
- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
Further reading
- 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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Categories:
- 1903 births
- 1943 deaths
- Dutch female artistic gymnasts
- Jewish gymnasts
- Jewish Dutch sportspeople
- Gymnasts at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic gymnasts of the Netherlands
- Sportspeople from Amsterdam
- Dutch people who died in Sobibór extermination camp
- Dutch civilians killed in World War II
- Dutch Jews who died in the Holocaust
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
- Dutch artistic gymnast stubs
- Dutch Olympic medalist stubs
- Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics