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Dutch artistic gymnast From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Abraham Mok (15 May 1888 – 29 February 1944) was a Dutch gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He is remembered as one of four members of that squad murdered during the Holocaust of the 1940s.[1][2]
Abraham Mok | |
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Personal information | |
Country represented | Netherlands |
Born | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 15 May 1888
Died | 29 February 1944 55) Auschwitz-Birkenau, German-occupied Poland | (aged
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics |
Mok was part of the Dutch gymnastics team, which finished seventh in the team event at the 1908 Summer Olympics, held in London.[3]
In the individual all-around competition Mok finished 78th.[3]
Mok, who had ethnic Jewish parents, was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp located in Oświęcim, Małopolskie, Poland and murdered there on February 29, 1944.[4] Mok was one of four members of the 1908 Dutch gymnastics team murdered in the Holocaust, sharing his fate with teammates Isidore Goudeket, Abraham de Oliviera, and Jonas Slier.[4]
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