Jud Simons

Judikje^[1] "Jud" Simons (20 August 1904 – 20 March 1943) was a Dutch Jewish gymnast who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Jud Simons
1928 Summer Olympic gold medal gymnastic team. Jud Simons is third from the right.
Personal information
Born	(1904-08-20)20 August 1904 The Hague
Died	20 March 1943(1943-03-20) (aged 38) Sobibor extermination camp
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Netherlands
Medal record Women's gymnastics Representing the  Netherlands Summer Olympics 1928 Amsterdam Team

In 1928 she was chosen as a reserve member of the Dutch gymnastics team and won the gold medal with her teammates. The team was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.^[2]

She was born in The Hague and was murdered in Sobibor extermination camp together with her husband Bernard, their five-year-old daughter Sonja and their three-year-old son Leon.^[3]