Helena Nordheim
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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] With her team, she was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.[3]
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Country represented | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1903-08-01)1 August 1903 Amsterdam | ||||||||||||||
Died | 2 July 1943(1943-07-02) (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]