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{{short description|Dutch artistic gymnast}}
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'''Judikje<ref>Her name is sometimes also spelt ''Judikeje''.</ref> "Jud" Simons''' (20 August 1904 – 20 March 1943) was a [[History of the Jews in the Netherlands|Dutch Jewish]] [[Artistic gymnastics|gymnast]] who competed in the [[1928 Summer Olympics]].

In 1928 she was chosen as a reserve member of the Dutch gymnastics team and won the gold medal with her teammates. The team was inducted into the [[International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame]] in 1997.<ref>{{cite web |title= International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame: Netherlands 1928 Olympic Champions |url=http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/Netherlands1928OlympicChampions.htm }}</ref>

She was born in [[The Hague]] and was murdered in [[Sobibor extermination camp]] together with her husband Bernard, their five-year-old daughter Sonja and their three-year-old son Leon.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Paauw |first=Ruud |date=2018 |title=Triumph and tragedy: Dutch 1928 women's gymnastics team |url=https://isoh.org/wp-content/uploads/JOH-Archives/johv26n1m.pdf?_rt=NnwxfGd5bW5hc3RpY3N8MTczMjA3NzQ5NQ&_rt_nonce=3b5aa3d340 |journal=Journal of Olympic History |volume=1 |pages=32–35}}</ref>

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==Further reading==
*{{cite book|last=Brouwer | first=Erik | chapter=De Moord op een Gouden Turnploeg | editor1-last=van Liempt | editor1-first=Ad | editor2-last=Luitzen | editor2-first=Jan | title=Sport in de Oorlog | year=2010 | language=Dutch | pages=29–58 | publisher=L.J. Veen | isbn=978-90-204-1936-8}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Judikje Simons}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060603020750/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SIMONJUD01 Jud Simons at databaseOlympics.com]
* [https://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/sport/dutch-gymnastics-team.asp Jud Simons] commemoration, [[Yad Vashem]] website

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{{Olympic champions artistic gymnastics Women TC|1928}}

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[[Category:1904 births]]
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[[Category:Dutch female artistic gymnasts]]
[[Category:Jewish Dutch sportspeople]]
[[Category:Dutch Jews who died in the Holocaust]]
[[Category:Gymnasts at the 1928 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Olympic gymnasts for the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Gymnasts from The Hague]]
[[Category:Dutch people who died in Sobibor extermination camp]]
[[Category:Dutch civilians killed in World War II]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in gymnastics]]
[[Category:International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame inductees]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:20th-century Dutch people]]
[[Category:20th-century Dutch sportswomen]]


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