Marinde Smolders

Marinde Smolders (born c. 2000) is a Dutch wheel gymnast. She is a World Championship silver medalist in straight line.

Career Smolders began her athletic career at age of five in classical artistic gymnastics. At age 13, she discovered wheel gymnastics and decided to switch sports.

She achieved international success in junior competitions: at the 2018 Junior World Championships in Magglingen, Switzerland, she won the bronze medal in vault.

Following high school, she began studying psychology at Erasmus University Rotterdam, where she was supported as a student-athlete through the university's Erasmus Sport program.

Smolders faced major health setbacks during her career. Roughly three years prior to the 2024 World Championships, she broke her ankle and tore ligaments, requiring a two-year rehabilitation period. In 2023, she successfully returned to active competition. Later that year, she competed at the home World Championships in Almere, Netherlands.

At the 2026 World Championships in Göttingen, Smolders achieved her greatest senior success to date by winning the silver medal in the straight line final.