Marjan Smit (born September 29, 1975, in

Breda Breda ( , , , ) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the southern part of the Netherlands, located in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Brabant. ...

) is a Dutch

softball Softball is a Variations of baseball, variation of baseball, the difference being that it is played with a larger ball, on a smaller field, and with only underhand pitches (where the ball is released while the hand is primarily below the ball) ...

player, who represents the Dutch national team in international competitions.Athlete biography: Marjan Smit
beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 16, 2008 Smit played for Twins Sport Club, Zwijndrecht and since 2004 she is back at the Twins. She is an

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and

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who bats and throws right-handed. She competes for the Dutch national team since 1999. In 2002 she stole the most bases in the Dutch Softball

Hoofdklasse The Vierde Divisie (; "Fourth Division"), formerly known as Hoofdklasse () is the second-highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands, and the fifth tier in general. Background The league was divided into two sections: Saturday and Sunda ...

. She is part of the Dutch team for the

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External links

Smit at dutchsoftballteam.com

References

1975 births Living people Dutch softball players Olympic softball players for the Netherlands Softball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Breda {{Netherlands-softball-bio-stub