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 concentration camp, Poland
Sport
Sport Fencing
Event(s) epee and foil

Simon Okker (1 June 1881 – 6 March 1944) was a Dutch Olympic epee and foil fencer, who was killed in the Auschwitz concentration camp.[1]

Biography

Okker was Jewish, and was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands.[1][2] He participated in the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece, coming in 5th, and in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England.[1]

Okker was killed by the Nazis in the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944.[3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Simon Okker". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
  2. ↑ Jewish Jocks: An Unorthodox Hall of Fame
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
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