Elka de Levie

Elka de Levie

De Levie (second from right) with her Gold winning team (1928)
Medal record
Women's gymnastics
Competitor for the  Netherlands
Summer Olympics
Gold	1928 Amsterdam	Team

Elka de Levie (November 21, 1905 – 12 December 1979) was a Dutch gymnast. She won the gold medal as member of the Dutch gymnastics team at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.

De Levie was born in Amsterdam. She was the only Jewish team member to survive the Holocaust; her team mates Anna Dresden-Polak, Jud Simons and Helena Nordheim and coach Gerrit Kleerekoper died in Sobibor, while Estella Agsteribbe was gassed in Auschwitz. De Levie died in 1979 in anonymity in Amsterdam.

She married a man named Boas, but they were divorced in 1943. She survived the Second World War and died on 12 December 1979.^[1]

See also

• List of select Jewish gymnasts

References

• profile

v t e Olympic Champions in Artistic Gymnastics - Women's Team All-Around     1928 Netherlands 1936 Germany 1948 Czechoslovakia 1952 Soviet Union 1956 Soviet Union 1960 Soviet Union 1964 Soviet Union 1968 Soviet Union 1972 Soviet Union 1976 Soviet Union 1980 Soviet Union 1984 Romania 1988 Soviet Union 1992 Unified Team 1996 United States 2000 Romania 2004 Romania 2008 China 2012 United States 1928:  Netherlands (NED), Estella Agsteribbe, Jacomina van den Berg, Alida van den Bos, Petronella Burgerhof, Elka de Levie, Helena Nordheim, Ans Polak, Petronella van Randwijk, Hendrika van Rumt, Jud Simons, Jacoba Stelma, Anna van der Vegt