Estella Agsteribbe facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Estella Agsteribbe |
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1928 Summer Olympic gold medal gymnastic team. Estella Agsteribbe is fifth from the right.
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| Country represented |  Netherlands |
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| Born | 6 April 1909 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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| Died | 17 September 1943 (aged 34) Auschwitz-Birkenau, German-occupied Poland |
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| Cause of death | Execution by poisonous gas | |||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||
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Estella "Stella" Agsteribbe (6 April 1909 – 17 September 1943) was a Dutch gymnast. She won the gold medal as member of the Dutch gymnastics team at the 1928 Summer Olympics in her native Amsterdam. The team was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.
Like other members of her team (Lea Nordheim, Ans Polak, Judikje Simons, Elka de Levie) and their coach Gerrit Kleerekoper, she was Jewish and deported during World War II. She was murdered together with her husband Samuel Blits, their six-year-old daughter Nanny and their two-year-old son Alfred in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
See also
In Spanish: Estella Agsteribbe para niños
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