Anna Maria "Ans" van Gerwen (born 17 January 1951) is a former

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...

from the Netherlands who competed at the

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and

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

in all artistic gymnastics events. Her best achievements were 9th and 19th place in the team and individual all-around events in 1972, which was the best performance among West European female gymnasts at those games. She has a degree in

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. After marrying Cor Smulders, a fellow artistic gymnast, she changed her last name from van Gerwen to Smulders. They worked as gymnastic coaches and till 2006 had a restaurant in

Aarle-Rixtel Aarle-Rixtel is a village in the Dutch municipality of Laarbeek in North Brabant. It lies about 4 km north of Helmond. Since the municipal reorganization of 1968 the castle Croy is part of Aarle-Rixtel. History Aarle was first mentioned ...

. They have four children.

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1951 births Living people Gymnasts at the 1972 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1976 Summer Olympics Dutch female artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts of the Netherlands Sportspeople from Eindhoven 20th-century Dutch women 21st-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub