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Maaike Smit

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Maaike Smit
Full nameMaaike Smit
Country (sports) Netherlands
Born (1966-08-07) 7 August 1966 (age 58)
Emmeloord, the Netherlands
Turned pro1991
Retired2012
PlaysRight Handed
Official websitewww.maaikesmit.nl
Singles
Highest ranking1 (08/04/1997)
Paralympic Games Gold Medal (1996)
Doubles
Highest ranking1 (02/10/2000)
Paralympic Games Gold Medal (2000, 2004)
Medal record
Representing  Netherlands
Paralympic Games
Women's wheelchair tennis
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Women's doubles
Women's wheelchair Basketball
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona Women's team
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).

References

  1. ^ "Profile page Maaike Smit at ITF". www.itftennis.com.
  2. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics2000/paralympics/995537.stm
  3. ^ http://paralympics.com/paralympic_sports/tennis.htm