Maaike Smit
| Full name | Maaike Smit |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  Netherlands |
| Born | 7 August 1966 Emmeloord, the Netherlands |
| Turned pro | 1991 |
| Retired | 2012 |
| Plays | Right Handed |
| Official website | www.maaikesmit.nl |
| Singles | |
| Highest ranking | 1 (08/04/1997) |
| Paralympic Games |  Gold Medal (1996) |
| Doubles | |
| Highest ranking | 1 (02/10/2000) |
| Paralympic Games | Gold Medal (2000, 2004) |
Medal record | |
| 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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Categories:
- 1966 births
- Living people
- Dutch female tennis players
- Wheelchair tennis players
- People from Noordoostpolder
- Paralympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
- Paralympic wheelchair tennis players of 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