Maaike Smit (7 August 1966, in Emmeloord) is a Dutch former professional wheelchair tennis and wheelchair basketball player. Smit started wheelchair tennis at the age of 20. She played at the US Open and

Australian Open The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. Th ...

, and won the Florida Open International Wheelchair Tennis Championship 4 times. In 1996, Smit won a gold medal in the singles wheelchair event at the

1996 Atlanta Paralympics The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were held from August 16 to 25. It was the first Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million. It was the first Paralympic Games where Internatio ...

. She also won two gold medals in doubles at the

2000 Sydney The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...

and the 2004 Athens Paralympics. She was sponsored by Invacare, a company that produces wheelchairs and other equipment for disabled people.

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Interview with Maaike Smit (2008)
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Smit, Maaike 1966 births Living people Dutch female tennis players Wheelchair tennis players People from Emmeloord Sportspeople from Noordoostpolder Paralympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Paralympic wheelchair tennis players of the Netherlands Dutch women's wheelchair basketball players Wheelchair basketball players at the 1988 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair basketball players at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair tennis players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair tennis players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair tennis players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Paralympics Paralympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in wheelchair tennis Paralympic medalists in wheelchair basketball