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'''Anna "Ans" Dresden-Polak''' (née Anna Polak) (24 November 1906 &ndash; 23 July 1943) was a Jewish [[History of the Jews in the Netherlands|Dutch-Jewish]] [[Artistic gymnastics|gymnast]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t0KzECrIQDQC&pg=PA107&dq=%22Jews+and+the+Olympic+Games%22+polak&hl=en&ei=TDWgTqOdM8f30gHY0fmxBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics - With a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medalists|publisher=Sussex Academic Press|year=2004|location=[[Eastbourne|Eastbourne, UK]]|via=[[Google Books]]|author=Paul Taylor|accessdate=27 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aOTWUl-9LQoC&pg=PA329&dq=Anna+Dresden-Polak&hl=en&sa=X&ei=T-MEUam_EIy08ASOwoCwBQ&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Anna%20Dresden-Polak&f=false|title=Day by Day in Jewish Sports History|first=Bob|publisher=[[KTAV Publishing House]]|year=2008|location=[[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City, N.J.]]|pages=329|via=[[Google Books]]|author=Wechsler|accessdate=27 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="aafla1">{{cite journal |url= http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv2n1/JOHv2n1l.pdf |title= After the Glory |last=Paauw |first=Ruud |journal= Citius, Altius, Fortius |publisher= International Society of Olympic Historians |date= Winter 1994 |volume=2 |issue=1 |page=30 |location= [[Durham, North Carolina|Durham, N.C.]] |accessdate=1 February 2017}}</ref>
 
She won the [[gold medal]] as a member of the Dutch gymnastics team at the [[1928 Summer Olympics]], in her native Amsterdam.<ref name="jewsinsports1">{{cite web |url= http://www.jewsinsports.org/olympics.asp?ID=14 |title= Dresden-Polak, Anna |publisher= Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum |accessdate= 27 January 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101205153501/http://jewsinsports.org/olympics.asp?ID=14 |archive-date= 5 December 2010 |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref name="thejewishweek1">{{cite news |last=Lipman |first=Steve |url= http://www.thejewishweek.com/features/olympics_and_holocaust |title= Connecting the World to Jewish News, Culture, and Opinion |publisher= The Jewish Week |accessdate= 27 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url= http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1928/1928.pdf|title=IX Olympic Games - Official Report |publisher=[[NOC*NSF|Nederlands Olympisch Comité*Nederlandse Sport Federatie]] |year=1928 |location= [[Amsterdam]] |pages=694 |via=LA 84 Foundation}}</ref> She was one of five Jewish members of the team, which included [[Stella Blits-Agsteribbe]] (who was killed in Auschwitz), [[Lea Kloot-Nordheim]] (who was killed in Sobibor), and [[Judikje Themans-Simons]] (who was killed in Sobibor).<ref name="aafla1"/><ref name="thejewishweek1"/> Their coach, [[Gerrit Kleerekoper]], was killed in Sobibor as well.<ref name="thejewishweek1"/><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/Netherlands1928OlympicChampions.htm |title= NETHERLANDS 1928 OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS |publisher= Jewishsports.net |accessdate= 27 January 2013}}</ref>