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Smeets
Smeets is a Limburgian surname (or more broadly, Dutch surname) meaning smith (metal worker). The surname hails specifically from the Limburg region spanning parts of the Southern Netherlands and Eastern Belgium. People bearing the Smeets surname * Axel Smeets (b. 1974), Belgian football defender and manager * Bryan Smeets (b. 1992), Dutch football midfielder *Felix Smeets (1904–1961), Dutch football striker * (b. 1958), Dutchjournalist and historian *Ionica Smeets (b. 1979), Dutch mathematician, science journalist, and TV presenter *Jan Smeets (b. 1985), Dutch chess player * Jorg Smeets (b. 1970), Dutch football midfielder * Jorrit Smeets (b. 1995), Dutch football midfielder * Joseph Smeets (b. 1959), Belgian racing cyclist *Lucian Smeets (fl. 1900), Belgian stamp forger *Mart Smeets (b. 1947), Dutch radio and television personality, writer and columnist *Martine Smeets (b. 1990), Dutch handball player * Minke Smeets (b. 1979), Dutch field hockey player, wife of Tjerk * Pauline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ionica Smeets
Ionica Smeets (born 8 October 1979) is a Dutch mathematician, science journalist, columnist, television presenter and professor in science communication at Leiden University. Biography Ionica Smeets was born in Delft, where she completed her propedeuse in computer science at the Delft University of Technology. She switched studies and graduated in applied mathematics. Smeets was working on her thesis in mathematics, on a subject within number theory, at Leiden University when she started the blog ''Wiskundemeisjes'' (Math girls'''), on 14 March 2006, together with Jeanine Daems. The website has been awarded in 2007 with two ''Dutch Bloggies''. Since 2010, the two 'math girls' ran a column in ''De Volkskrant'' for several years. Currently, Smeets writes a weekly piece titled "''Ionica zag een getal''" ("''Ionica saw a number''") in the periodical ''Sir Edmund'' (a magazine from ''De Volkskrant''). She completed her PhD at Leiden in 2010; her dissertation, ''On Continued Fraction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mart Smeets
Jan Marten “Mart” Smeets (born 11 January 1947, in Arnhem) is a Dutch radio and television personality, writer, and columnist. Television Mart Smeets is a long-time sports presenter and commentator with the Dutch public broadcaster NOS. He is most famous for his reporting of the Tour de France, but also comments on speedskating, basketball (Smeets played at national level himself), and most other sports, apart from football (although he did present a news program around the 2006 FIFA World Cup). The 2012 Tour de France was his last assignment during his NOS tenure; he announced he'd continue to work for them as a freelancer. Radio Smeets also has a weekly radio show, ''For the Record'', on Radio 2, two hours of rarely played music. Writing Mart Smeets writes columns for several newspapers and magazines, including ''Trouw ''Trouw'' (; ) is a Dutch daily newspaper appearing in compact size. It was founded in 1943 as an orthodox Protestant underground newspaper during Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tjerk Smeets
Tjerk Smeets (born 3 June 1980) is a Dutch baseball player who currently plays for Kinheim and the Dutch national team. He is the son of Dutch radio and television personality, writer, and columnist Mart Smeets. Smeets played his college baseball in the United States. In 1999, he homered in his only at-bat and drew two walks. In 2000, he was one for two with a RBI. In 2001, he hit .159/.256/.304 in 30 games. He did homer in a game in which Middle Tennessee State set a school record with 8 circuit clouts. Smeets played for the Dutch team in the 2003 World Port Tournament, going 1 for 2 with a 2-run homer. As it was one of just two home runs in the event, Smeets won the World Port Tournament Home Run King award. In 2005, he hit .326/.433/.439 for the Amsterdam Pirates to finish 6th in the Hoofdklasse in average, 7th in OBP and 8th in slugging. He was 8th in walks (23) and tied for third with 3 homers, trailing Ivanon Coffie and Dirk van 't Klooster. He played for the Netherland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Smeets
Jan Smeets (born 5 April 1985) is a Dutch chess grandmaster. He is a two-time Dutch Chess Champion. Playing record 2004 was the year that his participation in senior tournaments began to yield encouraging results. He finished in second place in Gouda (after Daniel Fridman) and gained the Grandmaster title the same year. At Dos Hermanas the following year, he shared third behind Fridman and Bu Xiangzhi (with Sergey Volkov) and at the 2005 Hengelo Stork Young Masters event, he finished one-half point behind the Russian grandmaster Alexander Riazantsev. This was a year of significant breakthrough for Smeets, when he recorded one of his best performances at Wijk aan Zee's Corus 'B' tournament, finishing equal with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov for a share of second place, behind Teimour Radjabov. Left in his wake were a multitude of other strong players, including Peter Heine Nielsen, Ivan Cheparinov, Alexander Onischuk, Magnus Carlsen and Predrag Nikolić. He played successfully at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Smeets
Robert Smeets (born 10 November 1985) is an Australian retired professional tennis player. Though born in the Netherlands, Smeets moved to Australia aged 12 and took residency. Personal life Smeets has two sisters, called Karin and Cheyenne. His mother is Jeannette and father, Joe. He lives in Brisbane. Tennis career Smeets plays predominantly on the ATP Challenger Series and ITF Men's Circuit. However, he has enjoyed some success on the ATP Tour: at the 2008 Next Generation Adelaide International, he and Chris Guccione, as wildcards, reached the final of the doubles competition. On their way to the final they defeated number 2 seeds Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich. Smeets has also reached the second round of his home Grand Slam, the Australian Open, in 2007, by defeating Lukáš Lacko. Smeets reached the third round of the doubles competition, partnering Paul Baccanello in 2006. In 2008 Smeets was granted a wildcard into the 2008 French Open main draw. He drew Tomáš Berdych ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Smeets
Bryan George Jeffrey Smeets (born 22 November 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Challenger Pro League club RWDM. Club career He formerly played for MVV Maastricht, De Graafschap and SC Cambuur. He is best known for scoring the equalizer against Ajax in 2016, which dramatically decided the winner of the Eredivisie title to be PSV Eindhoven. On 1 February 2022, Smeets signed with Lommel in Belgium. Only months later, on 18 May 2022, Smeets was announced as the first signing ahead of the 2022–23 season for RWDM. He signed a two-year deal with an option for an additional year. International career He was part of the Netherlands squad at the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup The 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the thirteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup held in Nigeria from 24 October to 15 November 2009. The tournament was won by Switzerland, beating the host team and holders, Nigeria. The Golden Ball to the Be .... References External li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axel Smeets
Axel Smeets (born 12 July 1974 in Brussels, Belgium) is a former Association football and football manager, who played as a defender and could also play as a midfielder. Career During his career he played for several Belgian clubs and also played overseas for UD Salamanca, Sheffield United (where he got sent off on his debut against Portsmouth) and MKE Ankaragücü, where he had several experiences (good and bad) and ended his career in Norway with HamKam Hamarkameratene (literally ''the Hamar Comrades''), often abbreviated to HamKam or Ham-Kam, is a Norwegian football club based in the town of Hamar. The club was founded in 1918, originally under the name Freidig. HamKam were most recently pro ... due to a hip injury. The bad recovery from this injury prevented him from signing a 3 years contract for Club Brugge. He also won 25 caps without scoring for the Belgium Under-21s. The Norwegian Athletes Association had Smeets as right back on their football Team of the Year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorrit Smeets
Jorrit Smeets (born 25 March 1995) is a Dutch footballer who plays for Almere City in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. Club career Smeets made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard (; li, Fortuna Zitterd ) is a football club in Sittard, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Fortuna Sittard Stadion and features in the Eredivisie. The club was established through a merger ... on 26 September 2016 in a game against Jong PSV. On 1 February 2021, Smeets signed with Dutch club Almere City. References External links * * Career stats & Profile- Voetbal International Living people 1995 births People from Landgraaf Association football midfielders Dutch footballers Fortuna Sittard players Almere City FC players Eerste Divisie players Eredivisie players Footballers from Limburg (Netherlands) {{Netherlands-footy-midfielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucian Smeets
Dr. Lucian Smeets was a Belgian stamp forger operating around the early 1900s. Smeets used a sophisticated method of taking an original stamp with the correct perforations, paper and watermark for the one he wished to forge, fading out the printing and then printing a new design of the desired stamp on the blank. Among the stamps Smeets is believed to have forged are: *British Solomon Islands Protectorate canoe stamps. * British Victorian stamps. *Nevis Nevis is a small island in the Caribbean Sea that forms part of the inner arc of the Leeward Islands chain of the West Indies. Nevis and the neighbouring island of Saint Kitts constitute one country: the Federation of Saint Kitts and Ne .... *Serbian stamps of 1901 and 1904. References Stamp forgers Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown 20th-century Belgian criminals Philately of the Solomon Islands {{belgium-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felix Smeets
Felix Smeets (29 April 1904 – 14 March 1961) was a Dutch footballer who earned 14 caps for the Dutch national side between 1927 and 1927, scoring 7 goals. He was also part of the Netherlands squad at the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ..., but did not play in any matches. References External linksPlayer profile at FIFAPlayer profile at Weltfußball.de*Geschiedenis van HBS Haagse Voetbal-, Cricket- en Hockeyvereniging "HOUDT BRAEF STANT" 1904 births 1961 deaths Dutch footballers Netherlands international footballers Olympic footballers of the Netherlands Footballers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Footballers from The Hague HBS Craeyenhout players Association football forwards {{Netherlands-footy-forward-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauline Smeets
Pauline Elisabeth Smeets (born 10 February 1959, in Heerlen) is a former Dutch politician. As a member of the Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid) she was an MP from 30 January 2003 to 19 September 2012. She focused on matters of small and medium enterprises, corporate social responsibility, tourism Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism mor ..., recreation and regional economic policy. References *Parlement.com biography 1959 births Living people Labour Party (Netherlands) politicians Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) Municipal councillors in Limburg (Netherlands) People from Heerlen 21st-century Dutch politicians 21st-century Dutch women politicians {{Netherlands-PvdA-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Smeets
Joseph Smeets (born 11 August 1959) is a Belgian former cyclist. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the sec .... References External links * 1959 births Living people Belgian male cyclists Olympic cyclists of Belgium Cyclists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Liège Cyclists from Liège Province {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
