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]
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 The Dutch gymnastics team of the 1928 Summer Olympics. Helena Nordheim is the 4th person from the left. | |||||||||||||||
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| Country represented |  Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 August 1903 Amsterdam | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 July 1943 (aged 39) Sobibor extermination camp | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
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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
- ^ 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.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Helena Nordheim". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
- ^ "International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame: Netherlands 1928 Olympic Champions".
- ^ 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.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". 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.
External links edit
- Helena Nordheim at Olympedia
- Helena Nordheim at Olympics.com
- Helena Nordheim at databaseOlympics.com[dead link]
- Commemoration of Helena Nordheim, Yad Vashem website.
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