Simon Okker

Simon Okker
Personal information
Born (1881-06-01)1 June 1881
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died 6 March 1944(1944-03-06) (aged 62)
Auschwitz, Poland
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, 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]

References

  1. 1 2 "Simon Okker". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
  2. ↑ Kay Schaffer & Sidonie Smith (2000). The Olympics at the Millennium: Power, Politics, and the Games. pg 61: Rutgers University Press. p. 318. ISBN 0-8135-2820-8.
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