Minke Smeets

Minke Smeets (née Smabers; born 22 March 1979 in The Hague, South Holland) is a field hockey midfielder. She plays professional field hockey with the Hoofdklasse side Laren and won three medals with the Netherlands national team at the Summer Olympics. She was part of the national team that won the 2007 Champions Trophy. During the Champions Trophy she became the all-time record holder in caps for the national team, wearing the orange jersey for the 235th time in her career in the final, breaking Mijntje Donners' record. She won an Olympic gold medal with the Dutch team by beating China in the final of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. During the closing ceremony of the 2008 Olympics, Smeets' boyfriend, Dutch baseball player Tjerk Smeets, proposed, and she accepted. Her older sister Hanneke was also a Dutch international who won the bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics.