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Gretha Smit
Smit (w. silver medal Olympic Games 2002)
Personal information
Born
(1976-01-20) 20 January 1976 (age 48)[1] Rouveen, Netherlands[1]
Height
1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight
60 kg (132 lb)[1]
Sport
Country
Netherlands
Sport
Speed skating
Medal record
Women's Speed Skating
Representing the Netherlands
Olympic Games
2002 Salt Lake City
5000 metres
World Championships
2004 Seoul
3000 metres
2004 Seoul
5000 metres
2003 Berlin
3000 metres
2003 Berlin
5000 metres
Dutch Marathon Championships
1995 Ermerzand
Natural Ice
2000
Artificial Ice
2001
Artificial Ice
2002
Artificial Ice
2004
Artificial Ice
Grietje "Greta" Smit[1] (born 20 January 1976) is a Dutch former speed skater.
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.
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