Maaike Smit
Maaike Smit (7 August 1966, in Emmeloord) is a former Dutch Wheelchair tennis and Wheelchair basketball player.[1]
| Full name | Maaike Smit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 7 August 1966 Emmeloord, the Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right Handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official website | www.maaikesmit.nl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 1 (08/04/1997) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 1 (02/10/2000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Last updated on: 27 June 2013. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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