Gretha Smit

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Gretha Smit
GrethaSmitOlympicGames2002.jpg
Smit (w. silver medal Olympic Games 2002)
Personal information
Born (1976-01-20) 20 January 1976 (age 49) [1]
Rouveen, Netherlands [1]
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) [1]
Weight60 kg (132 lb) [1]
Sport
Country Netherlands
Sport Speed skating
Medal record
Women's Speed Skating
Representing the Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2002 Salt Lake City 5000 metres
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2004 Seoul 3000 metres
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2004 Seoul 5000 metres
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2003 Berlin 3000 metres
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2003 Berlin 5000 metres
Dutch Marathon Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1995 ErmerzandNatural Ice
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2000Artificial Ice
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2001Artificial Ice
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2002Artificial Ice
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2004Artificial Ice

Grietje "Greta" Smit [1] (born 20 January 1976) is a Dutch former speed skater.

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Smit won a surprising silver medal in the 2002 Winter Olympics in the 5000 metre event. She skated a world record broken in a later pair by Claudia Pechstein. Prior to that season, she had not competed in long track speed skating competitions for several years, and had only taken up practice again shortly before the Dutch trials in late 2001.

However, she had been a very successful marathon skater in the years before 2002. She had become Dutch marathon skating champion on natural ice in 1995, 1998, 2000 and 2001, and on artificial ice in 1999, 2000 and 2001. During the last held Elfstedentocht in 1997 she finished second. She also won the alternative Elfstedentocht - skated in Finland - in 1998, 2000 and 2001.

Smit's two sisters, Jenita and Marianne, were also good (marathon) skaters; Jenita also took up long track skating in the 2002/2003 season.

Personal records

Personal records [2]
Speed skating
EventResultDateLocationNotes
500 m42:187 February 2004 Vikingskipet, Hamar
1000 m1:28.9426 February 2004Deventer
1500 m2:02.028 February 2004Hamar
3000 m4:03.804 March 2007Olympic Oval, Calgary
5000 m6:49.2223 February 2002 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Gretha Smit". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Gretha Smit". www.speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
Awards
Preceded by Ard Schenk Award
2003		Succeeded by


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