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Gretha Smit

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Grietje "Greta" Smit (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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Gretha Smit is the 379th most popular skater (up from 397th in 2024), the 1,502nd most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 1,539th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Dutch Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Gretha Smit ranks 379 out of 483. Before her are Lee Jung-su, Casey FitzRandolph, Shaoang Liu, Sergey Klevchenya, Jin Sun-yu, and Masako Hozumi. After her are Maria Petrova, Bryce Davison, Shoma Uno, Elena Radionova, Lim Hyo-jun, and Yekaterina Shikhova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Gretha Smit ranks 1,134. Before her are Daimí Pernía, Lorenzo Carboncini, Noriaki Tsutsui, Seth Gordon, Seok Eun-mi, and Iryna Yanovych. After her are Stoyan Kolev, Filip Kuba, Atsuto Oishi, Jeremy Hansen, Georgi Ivanov, and Dave Keuning.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Gretha Smit ranks 1,503 out of 1,646. Before her are Nadine Visser (1995), Mohamed Ihattaren (2002), Sherida Spitse (1990), Gianni Zuiverloon (1986), Adelinde Cornelissen (1979), and Ruben van Bommel (2004). After her are Peter Wessels (1978), Nick Viergever (1989), Calvin Stengs (1998), Harrie Lavreysen (1997), Ricardo van Rhijn (1991), and Virgil Misidjan (1993).

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Among SKATERS In Netherlands

Among skaters born in Netherlands, Gretha Smit ranks 31. Before her are Koen Verweij (1990), Jan Ykema (1963), Carlijn Achtereekte (1990), Carien Kleibeuker (1978), Mark Tuitert (1980), and Laurine van Riessen (1987). After her are Stefan Groothuis (1981), Irene Schouten (1992), Jorrit Bergsma (1986), Renate Groenewold (1976), Jorien ter Mors (1989), and Carl Verheijen (1975).

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