Minke Smeets (née Smabers; born 22 March 1979 in The Hague, South Holland) is a field hockey midfielder from the Netherlands. Her current team is Laren.
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Representing the  Netherlands
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2008 Beijing | Team competition |
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2004 Athens | Team competition |
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2000 Sydney | Team competition |
| World Cup | ||
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2006 Madrid | Team competition |
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1998 Utrecht | Team competition |
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2002 Perth | Team competition |
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2010 Rosario | Team competition |
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1999 Cologne | Team competition |
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2005 Dublin | Team competition |
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2007 Manchester | Team competition |
| Champions Trophy | ||
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2000 Amstelveen | Team competition |
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2004 Rosario | Team competition |
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2007 Quilmes | Team competition |
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1999 Brisbane | Team competition |
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2001 Amstelveen | Team competition |
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1997 Berlin | Team competition |
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2002 Macau | Team competition |
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2003 Sydney | Team competition |
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2006 Amstelveen | Team competition |
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2008 M'gladbach | Team competition |
She was part of the team that won the 2007 Champions Trophy. During the Champions Trophy she became the all-time record holder in caps for the national team, wearing the orange jersey for the 235th time in her career in the final, breaking Mijntje Donners' record. She won an Olympic gold medal with the Dutch team by beating China in the final of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
During the closing ceremony of the 2008 Olympics, her boyfriend, the Dutch baseball team's catcher, Tjerk Smeets, proposed, and Minke accepted.[1] Her older sister Hanneke was also a Dutch international.
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editExternal links
edit- Minke Smeets at the International Hockey Federation
- Minke Smeets at Olympics.com
- Minke Smeets at Olympedia
- Dutch Hockey Federation
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