Minouche Smit (born 6 March 1975) is a former freestyle and medley swimmer from the

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. At the

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, she finished in sixth position (8:08.48) with the 4×200 m freestyle relay, alongside

Carla Geurts Carla Geurts (born 20 April 1971) is a former Dutch freestyle swimmer who competed at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, and the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia for the Netherlands. Geurts won three silver medals during her ...

, Patricia Stokkers, and Kirsten Vlieghuis. A year earlier the four of them won the silver medal in the same event at the European LC Championships in

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. In Atlanta Smit was also on the women's relay team, that ended up in fourth place (3:42.40) in the 4×100 m freestyle, together with

Marianne Muis Marianne Muis (born 28 July 1968 in Amsterdam) is a female former medley and freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands. Swimming career Muis competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988. There she won the s ...

Wilma van Hofwegen Willemina ("Wilma") Cornelia Adriana van Rijn-van Hofwegen (born 17 July 1971) is a former freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay Team that won the silver medal a ...

, and Karin Brienesse. In her only individual start, in the 200 m individual medley, she finished in seventh position, clocking 2:16.73. Smit was married to the Dutch swimming star

Pieter van den Hoogenband Pieter Cornelis Martijn van den Hoogenband (; born 14 March 1978) is a Dutch retired swimmer. He is a triple Olympic champion and former world record holder. Early life Born in Maastricht, Limburg, he is the son of Cees-Rein van den Hoogenban ...

. They have a daughter Daphne (born 23 June 2007) and a son Sander (born 13 September 2009). In September 2012 the couple announced their separation.Pieter van den Hoogenband wil nog niet samenwonen met Ranomi
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References

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