Estella Agsteribbe
Dutch artistic gymnast and holocaust victim (1909–1943)
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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.[1]
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Alternative name
Stella BlitsBorn6 April 1909
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died17 September 1943 (aged 34)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
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Estella Agsteribbe in 1928 | |||||||||||||||
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Alternative name | Stella Blits | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 April 1909 Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 September 1943 (aged 34) | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
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Like other members of her team (Lea Nordheim, Ans Polak, Judikje Simons, Elka de Levie) and their coach Gerrit Kleerekoper, she was Jewish[2][3] and deported during World War II. She was murdered[4] together with her husband Samuel Blits, their six-year-old daughter Nanny and their two-year-old son Alfred in the Auschwitz concentration camp.[5][6][7]
