Maaike Smit

Maaike Smit (7 August 1966, in Emmeloord) is a former Dutch Wheelchair tennis and Wheelchair basketball player.[1]

Maaike Smit

Full name	Maaike Smit
Country (sports)	Netherlands
Born	(1966-08-07) 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)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	F (2005)
US Open	SF (2006)
Other tournaments
Masters	W (1997)
Paralympic Games	Gold Medal (1996)
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	Gold Medal (2000, 2004)
Medal record Representing  Netherlands Paralympic Games Women's wheelchair tennis 1996 Atlanta Women's singles 2000 Sydney Women's singles 2000 Sydney Women's doubles 2004 Athens Women's doubles Women's wheelchair Basketball 1988 Seoul Women's team 1992 Barcelona Women's team
Last updated on: 27 June 2013.

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).