Aug 01, 1903Amsterdam, North Holland, NetherlandsDied on 02 Jul 1943 (aged 39)
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About Helena Nordheim
Helena "Lea" Nordheim (1 August 1903 – 2 July 1943) was a Dutch gymnast.
She won the gold medal as a member of the Dutch gymnastics team at the 1928 Summer Olympics in her native Amsterdam.Nordheim was born in Amsterdam and died in the Sobibor extermination camp.
As a Jew, she was sent to Westerbork concentration camp in June 1943.
Shortly after, Nordheim was deported to Sobibór where she was murdered, together with her husband Abraham and their ten-year-old daughter Rebbecca.