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Smeets
Smeets is a Limburgian language, Limburgian surname (or more broadly, Dutch surname) meaning smith (metalwork), smith (metal worker). The surname hails specifically from the Province of Limburg (1815–1839), Limburg region spanning parts of the Southern Netherlands and Eastern Belgium. People bearing the Smeets surname *Axel Smeets (b. 1974), Belgian football defender and manager *Bryan Smeets (b. 1992), Dutch football midfielder *Felix Smeets (1904–1961), Dutch football striker * (b. 1958), Dutchjournalist and historian *Ionica Smeets (b. 1979), Dutch mathematician, science journalist, and TV presenter *Jan Smeets (b. 1985), Dutch chess player *Jorg Smeets (b. 1970), Dutch football midfielder *Jorrit Smeets (b. 1995), Dutch football midfielder *Joseph Smeets (b. 1959), Belgian racing cyclist *Lucian Smeets (fl. 1900), Belgian stamp forger *Mart Smeets (b. 1947), Dutch radio and television personality, writer and columnist *Martine Smeets (b. 1990), Dutch handball player *Minke S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tjerk Smeets
Tjerk Smeets (born 3 June 1980) is a former Dutch baseball player for Kinheim and the Netherlands national baseball team, Dutch national team and technical director of the Royal Netherlands Baseball and Softball Federation (KNBSB). He is the son of Dutch radio and television personality, writer, and columnist Mart Smeets. Smeets played his college baseball at Middle Tennessee State University in the United States. In 1999, he was one for two with a Run batted in, RBI. In 2000, he hit a home run in his only at bat and drew two walks. In 2001, he hit .159/.171/.304 in 30 games. He did homer in a game in which Middle Tennessee State set a school record with 8 circuit clouts. Smeets played for the Dutch team in the 2003 World Port Tournament, going 1 for 2 with a two-run home run. Because there were only two home runs in the tournament, Smeets won the Home Run King award. In 2005, he hit .326/.433/.439 for the Amsterdam Pirates to finish 6th in the Hoofdklasse in batting average, 7t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ionica Smeets
Ionica Smeets (born 8 October 1979) is a Dutch mathematician, science journalist, columnist, television presenter and professor in science communication at Leiden University. Biography Ionica Smeets was born in Delft, where she completed her propedeuse in computer science at the Delft University of Technology. She switched studies and graduated in applied mathematics. Smeets was working on her thesis in mathematics, on a subject within number theory, at Leiden University when she started the blog ''Wiskundemeisjes'' (Math girls'''), on 14 March 2006, together with Jeanine Daems. The website has been awarded in 2007 with two ''Dutch Bloggies''. Since 2010, the two 'math girls' ran a column in ''De Volkskrant'' for several years. Currently, Smeets writes a weekly piece titled "''Ionica zag een getal''" ("''Ionica saw a number''") in the periodical ''Sir Edmund'' (a magazine from ''De Volkskrant''). She completed her PhD at Leiden in 2010; her dissertation, ''On Continued Fractio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mart Smeets
Jan Marten “Mart” Smeets (born 11 January 1947, in Arnhem) is a Dutch radio and television personality, writer, and columnist. Television Mart Smeets is a long-time sports presenter and commentator with the Dutch public broadcaster NOS. He is most famous for his reporting of the Tour de France, but also comments on speedskating, basketball (Smeets played at national level himself), and most other sports, apart from football (although he did present a news program around the 2006 FIFA World Cup). The 2012 Tour de France was his last assignment during his NOS tenure; he announced he'd continue to work for them as a freelancer. Radio Smeets also has a weekly radio show, ''For the Record'', on Radio 2, two hours of rarely played music. Writing Mart Smeets writes columns for several newspapers and magazines, including ''Trouw ''Trouw'' (; ) is a Dutch daily newspaper appearing in compact size. It was founded in 1943 as an orthodox Protestant underground newspaper during W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Smeets
Jan Smeets (born 5 April 1985) is a Dutch chess grandmaster. He is a two-time Dutch Chess Champion. Playing record 2004 was the year that his participation in senior tournaments began to yield encouraging results. He finished in second place in Gouda (after Daniel Fridman) and gained the Grandmaster title the same year. At Dos Hermanas the following year, he shared third behind Fridman and Bu Xiangzhi (with Sergey Volkov) and at the 2005 Hengelo Stork Young Masters event, he finished one-half point behind the Russian grandmaster Alexander Riazantsev. This was a year of significant breakthrough for Smeets, when he recorded one of his best performances at Wijk aan Zee's Corus 'B' tournament, finishing equal with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov for a share of second place, behind Teimour Radjabov. Left in his wake were a multitude of other strong players, including Peter Heine Nielsen, Ivan Cheparinov, Alexander Onischuk, Magnus Carlsen and Predrag Nikolić. He played successfully at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Smeets
Robert Smeets (born 10 November 1985) is an Australian retired professional tennis player. Though born in the Netherlands, Smeets moved to Australia aged 12 and took residency. Personal life Smeets has two sisters, called Karin and Cheyenne. His mother is Jeannette and father, Joe. He lives in Brisbane. Tennis career Smeets plays predominantly on the ATP Challenger Series and ITF Men's Circuit. However, he has enjoyed some success on the ATP Tour: at the 2008 Next Generation Adelaide International, he and Chris Guccione, as wildcards, reached the final of the doubles competition. On their way to the final they defeated number 2 seeds Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich. Smeets has also reached the second round of his home Grand Slam, the Australian Open, in 2007, by defeating Lukáš Lacko. Smeets reached the third round of the doubles competition, partnering Paul Baccanello in 2006. In 2008 Smeets was granted a wildcard into the 2008 French Open main draw. He drew Tomáš Ber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Smeets
Bryan George Jeffrey Smeets (born 22 November 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club MVV. Club career He formerly played for MVV Maastricht, De Graafschap and SC Cambuur. He is best known the myth of Bryan scoring the equalizer against Ajax in 2016, which dramatically decided the winner of the Eredivisie title to be PSV Eindhoven. On 1 February 2022, Smeets signed with Lommel in Belgium. Only months later, on 18 May 2022, Smeets was announced as the first signing ahead of the 2022–23 season for RWDM. He signed a two-year deal with an option for an additional year. In December 2022, he was told by club management that he was unwanted and could leave. In April 2023, he started practicing with his former club De Graafschap. On 30 June 2023, it was announced that Smeets had returned to his first professional club MVV on a three-year contract. International career He was part of the Netherlands squad at the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup The 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorrit Smeets
Jorrit Smeets (born 25 March 1995) is a Dutch former footballer. Club career Smeets made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for Fortuna Sittard on 26 September 2016 in a game against Jong PSV Jong PSV is a Dutch football team based in Eindhoven. It is the reserve team of PSV Eindhoven and plays in the Eerste Divisie since the 2013–14 season. History Until 2013, Jong PSV played in the Beloften Eredivisie, a league exclusively fo .... On 1 February 2021, Smeets signed with Dutch club Almere City. On 26 August 2023, Smeets joined Emmen with a one-year contract. References External links * * Career stats & Profile- Voetbal International Living people 1995 births People from Landgraaf Men's association football midfielders Dutch men's footballers Fortuna Sittard players Almere City FC players FC Emmen players Eerste Divisie players Eredivisie players Footballers from Limburg (Netherlands) 21st-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-footy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axel Smeets
Axel Smeets (born 12 July 1974 in Brussels, Belgium) is a former Association football and football manager, who played as a defender and could also play as a midfielder. Career During his career he played for several Belgian clubs and also played overseas for UD Salamanca, Sheffield United (where he got sent off on his debut against Portsmouth) and MKE Ankaragücü, where he had several experiences (good and bad) and ended his career in Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ... with HamKam due to a hip injury. The bad recovery from this injury prevented him from signing a 3 years contract for Club Brugge. He also won 25 caps without scoring for the Belgium Under-21s. The Norwegian Athletes Association had Smeets as right back on their football Team of the Ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucian Smeets
Dr. Lucian Smeets was a Belgian stamp forger operating around the early 1900s. Smeets used a sophisticated method of taking an original stamp with the correct perforations, paper and watermark for the one he wished to forge, fading out the printing and then printing a new design of the desired stamp on the blank. Among the stamps Smeets is believed to have forged are: *British Solomon Islands Protectorate canoe stamps. * British Victorian stamps. *Nevis Nevis ( ) is an island in the Caribbean Sea that forms part of the inner arc of the Leeward Islands chain of the West Indies. Nevis and the neighbouring island of Saint Kitts constitute the Saint Kitts and Nevis, Federation of Saint Kitts .... *Serbian stamps of 1901 and 1904. References Stamp forgers Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown 20th-century Belgian criminals Philately of the Solomon Islands {{belgium-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felix Smeets
Felix Smeets (29 April 1904 – 14 March 1961) was a Dutch footballer who earned 14 caps for the Netherlands national side between 1927 and 1929, scoring 7 goals. He was also part of the Netherlands squad at the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for ..., but did not play in any matches. References External linksPlayer profile at FIFAPlayer profile at Weltfußball.de*Geschiedenis van HBS Haagse Voetbal-, Cricket- en Hockeyvereniging "HOUDT BRAEF STANT" 1904 births 1961 deaths Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's international footballers Olympic footballers for the Netherlands Footballers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Footballers from The Hague HBS Craeyenhout players Men's association football forwards 20th-century Dutch sportsmen [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauline Smeets
Pauline Elisabeth Smeets (born 10 February 1959, in Heerlen) is a former Dutch politician. As a member of the Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid) she was an MP from 30 January 2003 to 19 September 2012. She focused on matters of small and medium enterprises, corporate social responsibility, tourism, recreation and regional economic policy. Honours * Knight of the Order of Orange Nassau The Order of Orange-Nassau () is a civil and military Dutch order of chivalry founded on 4 April 1892 by the queen regent, Emma of the Netherlands. The order is a chivalric order open to "everyone who has performed acts of special merits for ... (September 19, 2012) References *Parlement.com biography 1959 births Living people Labour Party (Netherlands) politicians Dutch MPs 2010–2012 Municipal councillors in Limburg (Netherlands) Politicians from Heerlen 21st-century Dutch women politicians Dutch MPs 2006–2010 {{Netherlands-PvdA-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Smeets
Joseph Smeets (born 11 August 1959) is a Belgian former cyclist. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the .... References External links * 1959 births Living people Belgian male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Belgium Cyclists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Liège 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
