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Helena Nordheim

1903 - 1943

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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. With her team, she was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1997. Nordheim was born in Amsterdam and was murdered in the Sobibor extermination camp. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Helena Nordheim is the 124th most popular gymnast (up from 133rd in 2019), the 907th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 952nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Dutch Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Helena Nordheim ranks 124 out of 370Before her are Umberto Zanolini, Ekaterina Kalinchuk, Evy Berggren, Erik Norberg, Giuseppe Domenichelli, and Øistein Schirmer. After her are Niels Petersen, Božena Srncová, Nils Widforss, Ottó Hellmich, Tamara Lazakovich, and Osvald Moberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Helena Nordheim ranks 322Before her are Ella Baker, Yuli Raizman, Clare Boothe Luce, Olavi Paavolainen, Guy Simonds, and Warren Kealoha. After her are Edgar Bergen, Kazimierz Kordylewski, Andrei Fayt, Raymond Flacher, Grethe Weiser, and Daphne Akhurst. Among people deceased in 1943, Helena Nordheim ranks 218Before her are Artur Knautz, Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Marsden Hartley, Léon Thiébaut, and Juliusz Schauder. After her are Frank Greer, Frits Kuipers, Farid Simaika, Anna Dresden-Polak, Dwight Frye, and James Ewing.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Helena Nordheim ranks 907 out of 1,646Before her are Theo de Meester (1851), George van Rossem (1882), Fenny Heemskerk (1919), Steven Rooks (1960), Aleister Black (1985), and Jeroen Dijsselbloem (1966). After her are Erwin Olaf (1959), Caius Welcker (1885), Johanna ter Steege (1961), Alex van Warmerdam (1952), Hermanus Brockmann (1871), and Tijjani Reijnders (1998).

Among GYMNASTS In Netherlands

Among gymnasts born in Netherlands, Helena Nordheim ranks 2Before her are Estella Agsteribbe (1909). After her are Epke Zonderland (1986), Sanne Wevers (1991), Yuri van Gelder (1983), Lieke Wevers (1991), Eythora Thorsdottir (1998), Bart Deurloo (1991), Vera van Pol (1993), and Sanna Veerman (2002).