Professional Gymnast, Olympic Gold Medalist. She was born one of six children in Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Meijer Meyer Polak (1872-1942), and his wife Mietje Vischjager Polak (1880-1942), on November 24, 1906. She was a professional gymnast who was a member of the club BATO, Amsterdam (NED), of Amsterdam, Netherlands. She would eventually go onto represent her home country of the Netherlands at the 1928 Summer Olympics that were held in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Together with her team members including her coach Gerrit Kleerekoper, Stella Agsteribbe, Nel van Randwijk, Mien van den Berg, Lea Nordheim, Alie van den Bos, Hendrika van Rumt, Annie van der Vegt, Elka de Levie, and Co Stelma, she was part of the Dutch women's gymnastics team which won an Olympic Gold Medal in the Team All-Around Competition Artistic Gymnastics Women's Event. The twelve woman team participated in the Apparatus Event and received a score of 110.00 points and the Horse Event and received a score of 108.25 points. Her final team standing score result was 316.75 team points and 98.50 team drill points . She continued to represent club BATO, Amsterdam (NED), of Amsterdam, Netherlands, and be active in sports events until her death. She was married to Barend Dresden (1908-1944), with whom she had one child ten year old Eva Dresden (1937-1943). Sadly, during World War II, she and her family were among the millions of Jews who were rounded up during the Holocaust and the Adolf Hitler Nazi regime and taken to concentration camps across Europe. Her husband was taken to Auschwitz Concentration Camp in Oświęcim, Poland, and she and her daughter were taken to the Sobibor Concentration Camp in Sobibór, Poland. She herself was put to death along with her six year old daughter Eva Dresden on July 23, 1943. She was just 38 years old. Her husband Barend Dresden was put to death on November 30, 1944, at Auschwitz Concentration Camp in Oświęcim, Poland. Sadly, many of her husband's family members and her own family members including her parents, four sisters, and a few of her team members from the Olympic Games had also been put to death in the gas chambers at concentration camps. The team was posthumously inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in Netanya, Israel, in 1997.