Jud Simons

{{short description|Dutch artistic gymnast}}

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JudikjeHer name is sometimes also spelt Judikeje. "Jud" Simons (20 August 1904 – 20 March 1943) was a Dutch Jewish gymnast who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.

In 1928 she was chosen as a reserve member of the Dutch gymnastics team and won the gold medal with her teammates. The team was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.{{cite web |title= International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame: Netherlands 1928 Olympic Champions |url=http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/Netherlands1928OlympicChampions.htm }}

She was born in The Hague and was murdered in Sobibor extermination camp together with her husband Bernard, their five-year-old daughter Sonja and their three-year-old son Leon.{{Cite journal |last=Paauw |first=Ruud |date=2018 |title=Triumph and tragedy: Dutch 1928 women's gymnastics team |url=https://isoh.org/wp-content/uploads/JOH-Archives/johv26n1m.pdf?_rt=NnwxfGd5bW5hc3RpY3N8MTczMjA3NzQ5NQ&_rt_nonce=3b5aa3d340 |journal=Journal of Olympic History |volume=1 |pages=32–35}}