Simon Okker

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][2]

Simon Okker
Personal information
Born(1881-06-01)1 June 1881
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died6 March 1944(1944-03-06) (aged 62)
Auschwitz-Birkenau, German-occupied Poland
Sport
SportFencing
Event(s)epee and foil

Biography

Okker was Jewish, and was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands.[1][3] 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.[4][5]

His grandson Tom Okker became a successful tennis player.

References
  1. "Simon Okker". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  2. "Simon Okker". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  3. Jewish Jocks: An Unorthodox Hall of Fame
  4. Kay Schaffer & Sidonie Smith (2000). The Olympics at the Millennium: Power, Politics, and the Games. Rutgers University Press. p. 61. ISBN 0-8135-2820-8.
  5. "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
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