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Born | 1 June 1881 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Died | 6 March 1944 Auschwitz, Poland |
(aged 62)
Sport | |
Sport | Fencing |
Simon Okker (June 1, 1881 – March 6, 1944) was a Dutch Olympic epee- and foil fencer.[1]
Okker was Jewish, and was born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.[1] He participated in the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece and in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. Okker was killed in the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944.[2]