Helena "Lea" Nordheim (1 August 1903 – 2 July 1943) was a Dutch

gymnast Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, sh ...

. She won the gold medal as a member of the Dutch gymnastics team at 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 her native

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...

. With her team, she was inducted into the

International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame ( he, יד לאיש הספורט היהודי, translit=Yad Le'ish HaSport HaYehudi) was opened July 7, 1981 in Netanya, Israel. It honors Jewish athletes and their accomplishments from anywhere around ...

in 1997. Nordheim was born in Amsterdam and was murdered in the

Sobibor extermination camp Sobibor (, Polish: ) was an extermination camp built and operated by Nazi Germany as part of Operation Reinhard. It was located in the forest near the village of Żłobek Duży in the General Government region of German-occupied Poland. As ...

. As a Jew, she was sent to

Westerbork concentration camp Camp Westerbork ( nl, Kamp Westerbork, german: Durchgangslager Westerbork, Drents: ''Börker Kamp; Kamp Westerbörk'' ), also known as Westerbork transit camp, was a Nazi transit camp in the province of Drenthe in the Northeastern Netherlands, ...

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.

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Commemoration of Helena Nordheim

Yad Vashem Yad Vashem ( he, יָד וַשֵׁם; literally, "a memorial and a name") is Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. It is dedicated to preserving the memory of the Jews who were murdered; honoring Jews who fought against th ...

website. 1903 births 1943 deaths Dutch female artistic gymnasts Jewish gymnasts Jewish Dutch sportspeople Gymnasts at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Olympic gymnasts of the Netherlands Gymnasts from Amsterdam Dutch people who died in Sobibor extermination camp Dutch civilians killed in World War II Dutch Jews who died in the Holocaust Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics 20th-century Dutch women International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame inductees {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub

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