Jacoba Cornelia "Co" Stelma (2 July 1907 – 30 August 1987) 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 ...

. She was born in

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ...

and died in

Brielle Brielle (), also called Den Briel in Dutch and Brill in English, is a town, municipality and historic seaport in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, on the north side of the island of Voorne-Putten, at the mouth of the New ...

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1907 births 1987 deaths Dutch female artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts of the Netherlands Gymnasts at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Gymnasts from The Hague Olympic medalists in gymnastics International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame inductees 20th-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub