Alida "Alie" Johanna van den Bos (18 January 1902, in

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– 16 July 2003, in Amsterdam) was a Dutch

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who competed in the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...

. In 1928 she won the gold medal as member of the Dutch gymnastics team. Van den Bos died in 2003 at age 101, she was the last person of the

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at the

1928 Amsterdam Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...

to die, most majority of 1928 Dutch team was murdered by Nazi German SS military officials in the

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in the

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References

Alida van den Bos' profile at databaseOlympics

Obituary at the International Society of Olympic Historians
1902 births 2003 deaths Dutch centenarians Dutch female artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Olympic gymnasts of the Netherlands Gymnasts from Amsterdam Olympic medalists in gymnastics Recipients of the Olympic Order Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Women centenarians 20th-century Dutch women 21st-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub