| Estella Agsteribbe | |||||||||||||||
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 1928 Summer Olympic gold medal gymnastic team. Estella Agsteribbe is fifth from the right. | |||||||||||||||
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| Country represented |  Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 April 1909 Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 September 1943 (aged 34) Auschwitz-Birkenau, German-occupied Poland | ||||||||||||||
| Cause of death | Execution by poisonous gas | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Estella "Stella" Agsteribbe (6 April 1909 – 17 September 1943) was a Dutch gymnast. She won the gold medal as member of the Dutch gymnastics team at the 1928 Summer Olympics in her native Amsterdam. The team was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.[1]
Like other members of her team (Lea Nordheim, Ans Polak, Judikje Simons, Elka de Levie) and their coach Gerrit Kleerekoper, she was Jewish[2][3] and deported during World War II. She was murdered[4] together with her husband Samuel Blits, their six-year-old daughter Nanny and their two-year-old son Alfred in the Auschwitz concentration camp.[5][6][7]
See also
References
- ^ "International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame: Netherlands 1928 Olympic Champions".
- ^ 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.
- ^ Mayer, P.Y. (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: sport : a springboard for minorities. Vallentine Mitchell. ISBN 9780853034513. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Yogi Mayer, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games. Vallentine Mitchell. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-85303-451-3.
- ^ 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.
External links
- Estella Agsteribbe at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Estella Agsteribbe commemoration, Yad Vashem website
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