Estella Agsteribbe

Estella Agsteribbe

1928 Summer Olympic gold medal gymnastic team. Lea Nordheim, Anna (Ans) Polak, Estella Agsteribbe, Judikje Simons, Gerrit Kleerekoper, Elka de Levie
Personal information
Country represented  Netherlands
Born April 6, 1909(1909-04-06)
Died September 17, 1943(1943-09-17) (aged 34)
Auschwitz concentration camp
Hometown Amsterdam
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics

Estella "Stella" Agsteribbe (April 6, 1909 – September 17, 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.

She was Jewish.[1][2] During World War II she was deported and murdered[3] together with her husband Samuel Blits and their six-year-old daughter Nanny and their two-year-old son Alfred in the Auschwitz concentration camp.[4][5]

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  3. ^ Schaffer, Kay; Smith, Sidonie (2000). The Olympics at the Millennium: Power, Politics, and the Games. Rutgers University Press. pp. 60–62. ISBN 9780813528205. http://books.google.com/books?id=nMzYdZpk8qMC&pg=PA61&dq=holocaust+%22After+the+games%22&hl=en&ei=N7I_TbCOBYT68AaBu7WjBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=holocaust%20%22After%20the%20games%22&f=false. 
  4. ^ Yogi Mayer, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games. Vallentine Mitchell. p. 238. ISBN 9780853034513. http://books.google.com/books?id=HXuBAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Samuel+Blits%22&dq=%22Samuel+Blits%22&hl=en&ei=2YNATd_YBsL-8AbE0o2MBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAA. 
  5. ^ Taylor, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games. Sussex Academic Press. p. 107. ISBN 9781903900871. http://books.google.com/books?id=tGcPDXOjxMoC&pg=PA107&dq=%22Agsterribe,+her+six%22&hl=en&ei=EspATe_zBIH48Aa99qCjBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Agsterribe%2C%20her%20six%22&f=false. 

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