Dutch artistic gymnast (1903–1943)
Helena "Lea " Nordheim (1 August 1903 – 2 July 1943) was a Dutch gymnast .[ 1] She won the gold medal as a member of the Dutch gymnastics team at the 1928 Summer Olympics in her native Amsterdam .[ 2] With her team, she was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.[ 3]
Nordheim was born in Amsterdam and was murdered in the Sobibor extermination camp .[ 4] As a Jew, she was sent to Westerbork concentration camp 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.[ 5] [ 6]
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