Maaike Smit
Appearance
Full name | Maaike Smit |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
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) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | F (2005) |
US Open | SF (2006) |
Other tournaments | |
Masters | W (1997) |
Paralympic Games | ![]() |
Doubles | |
Highest ranking | 1 (02/10/2000) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (2004, 2005) |
French Open | W (2007) |
US Open | F (2006) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Masters Doubles | W (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003) |
Paralympic Games | ![]() |
Medal record | |
Last updated on: 27 June 2013. |
Maaike Smit (7 August 1966, in Emmeloord) is a Dutch former professional wheelchair tennis and wheelchair basketball player.[1]
Smit started wheelchair tennis at the age of 20. She played at the US Open and Australian Open, and 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 Atlanta Paralympics. She also won two gold medals in doubles at the 2000 Sydney and the 2004 Athens Paralympics.[2][3]
She was sponsored by Invacare, a company that produces wheelchairs and other equipment for disabled people.
References
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- 1966 births
- Living people
- Dutch female tennis players
- Dutch wheelchair tennis players
- People from Emmeloord
- People with paraplegia
- Sportspeople from Noordoostpolder
- Paralympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
- Paralympic wheelchair tennis players for the Netherlands
- Dutch women's wheelchair basketball players
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair tennis players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair tennis players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair tennis players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in wheelchair tennis
- Paralympic medalists in wheelchair basketball