Minke Smeets

Minke Smeets (née Smabers; born 22 March 1979 in The Hague, South Holland) is a field hockey midfielder from the Netherlands.

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.

During the closing ceremony of the 2008 Olympics, her boyfriend, the Dutch baseball team's catcher, Tjerk Smeets, proposed, and Minke accepted.

[1] Her older sister Hanneke was also a Dutch international.

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