Estella Agsteribbe

Estella "Stella" Agsteribbe (6 April 1909 – 17 September 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. The team was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.

Estella Agsteribbe
1928 Summer Olympic gold medal gymnastic team. Estella Agsteribbe is fifth from the right.
Personal information
Country represented Netherlands
Born(1909-04-06)6 April 1909
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died17 September 1943(1943-09-17) (aged 34)
Auschwitz-Birkenau, German-occupied Poland
Cause of deathExecution by poisonous gas
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Medal record
Women's gymnastics
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
1928 Amsterdam Team

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

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