Maaike Smit
Full name | Maaike Smit |
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Country (sports) |
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Born |
Emmeloord, the Netherlands | 7 August 1966
Turned pro | 1991 |
Retired | 2012 |
Plays | Right Handed |
Official website | www.maaikesmit.nl |
Singles | |
Highest ranking | 1 (08/04/1997) |
Paralympic Games |
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Doubles | |
Highest ranking | 1 (02/10/2000) |
Paralympic Games |
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Medal record
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Last updated on: 27 June 2013. |
Maaike Smit (7 August 1966, in Emmeloord) is a former Dutch Wheelchair tennis and Wheelchair basketball player.[1]
Smit started at the age of 20 with tennis. Smiths played at the US Open and Australian Open. She won the Florida Open International Wheelchair Tennis Championship 4 times.
In 1996 Smit won a gold medal in the singles wheelchair event at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta. In the doubles she won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens.[2][3]
She was sponsored by "Invacare" (Produces Wheelchairs and other equipment for disabled people).
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