Yasemin Smit

Yasemin Smit
Personal information
Born (1984-11-21) 21 November 1984 (age 40)
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Medal record
Women's water polo
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Team competition
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Kazan Team competition
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Budapest Team competition
Silver medal – second place 2016 Belgrade Team competition
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Zagreb Team competition
FINA World League
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Shanghai Team competition

Miloushka Yasemin Smit (born 21 November 1984 in Amsterdam) is a water polo player of the Netherlands who represented the Dutch national team in international competitions.[1]

Smit was part of the team that became 10th at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal. At the 2006 FINA Women's Water Polo World League in Cosenza and the 2006 Women's European Water Polo Championship in Belgrade they finished in fifth place, followed by the 9th spot at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne. The Dutch team finished in fifth place at the 2008 Women's European Water Polo Championship in Málaga. In Kirishi they qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[1] There they ended up winning the gold medal on 21 August, beating the United States 9–8 in the final.

She has played for the Greek giants Olympiacos, winning the Greek Championship in 2009.[2] In 2017, she plays again for this team.

She was the captain of the Dutch team winning the 2008 Summer Olympics, the silver medal at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships,[3] 2014 European Championship and 2016 European Championship and de bronze medal at the 2010 European Championship.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Athlete biography: Yasemin Smit". Beijing2008.cn. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 30 August 2008. Retrieved 16 August 2008.
  2. ^ "Champion Olympiacos" (in Greek). avgi.gr.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "BCN 2015 Netherlands Women's Water Polo Team" (PDF). waterpolo.sportresult.com. Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.


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