Estella Agsteribbe

Estella Agsteribbe
— Gymnast —
1928 Summer Olympic gold medal gymnastic team. Estella Agsteribbe is fifth from the right.
Personal information
Country represented	Netherlands
Born	April 6, 1909 Amsterdam
Died	September 17, 1943 (aged 34) Auschwitz concentration camp
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Medal record Women's gymnastics Competitor for the  Netherlands Olympic Games 1928 Amsterdam Team

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.

Like other members of her team (Lea Nordheim, Ans Polak, Judikje Simons, Elka de Levie) and their coach Gerrit Kleerekoper, she was Jewish^[1][2] and deported during World War II. She was murdered^[3] together with her husband Samuel Blits, their six-year-old daughter Nanny and their two-year-old son Alfred in the Auschwitz concentration camp.^[4][5]

See also

• List of select Jewish gymnasts

References

1. Taylor, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics : with a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medallists. Sussex Academic Press. ISBN 9781903900871.
2. Mayer, P.Y. (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: sport : a springboard for minorities. Vallentine Mitchell. ISBN 9780853034513. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
3. Schaffer, Kay; Smith, Sidonie (2000). The Olympics at the Millennium: Power, Politics, and the Games. Rutgers University Press. pp. 60–62. ISBN 978-0-8135-2820-5.
4. Yogi Mayer, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games. Vallentine Mitchell. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-85303-451-3.
5. Taylor, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games. Sussex Academic Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-903900-87-1.

Further reading

• Brouwer, Erik (2010). "De Moord op een Gouden Turnploeg". In van Liempt, Ad; Luitzen, Jan. Sport in de Oorlog (in Dutch). L.J. Veen. pp. 29–58. ISBN 978-90-204-1936-8.

External links

• Estella Agsteribbe at databaseOlympics.com