Irene Schmidt is a retired Dutch table tennis player who competed at the

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

1976 Events January * January 2 – 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 18 – Full diplomatic ...

and

1980 Summer Paralympics The 1980 Summer Paralympics (), branded as the Olympics for the Disabled, were the sixth Summer Paralympic Games. They were held in Arnhem, Netherlands, from 21 to 30 June 1980. Background The Soviet Union, hosts of the 1980 Summer Olympics, wer ...

in the individual and team events. She won one gold and one bronze medal in 1972, two gold medals in 1976 and again two gold medals in 1980. After these Games she ended her sports career and married Theo Louwers.

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Year of birth missing (living people) Dutch female table tennis players Table tennis players at the 1972 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 1976 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 1980 Summer Paralympics Paralympic table tennis players for the Netherlands Medalists at the 1972 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1980 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in table tennis Paralympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Paralympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Living people 20th-century Dutch sportswomen {{Netherlands-tabletennis-bio-stub