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Burka, Ellen
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Description area
Dates of existence
1921-2016
History
Ellen Burka was a Dutch-Canadian figure skater, coach, and Holocaust survivor. She received the Order of Canada in 1978 and was has been inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame (1996), the Canadian Figure Skating Hall of Fame, the Etobicoke Sports Hall of Fame, and the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. She was the mother and coach of Olympic bronze medalist figure skater Petra Burka.
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Netherlands
Canada
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Figure skater and coach
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CA-BC-BE008
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
February 21, 2019