About Wendy Smits
Lived 1983 – 2022 (aged 39). Wendy Smits was a Dutch handball player.
Wendy Smits (22 January 1983 – 9 October 2022) was an international Dutch handball player.
Career Smits moved in 2005 from HV SEW to Germany and played with TuS Metzingen, HSG Sulzbach Leidersbach and Frisch Auf Göppingen. She moved back to the Netherlands and played with SV Dalfsen Handbal between 2009 and 2012. After playing for the last three months in 2012 with HSG Blomberg-Lippe she played from 2013 with Fortissimo. At the end of December 2015, she moved to Foreholte due to a conflict with her coach Kees Boomhouwer.
Smits also played 14 matches for the Netherlands women's national handball team. She was assistant coach of the under-16 national women's team.
Smits was married and had a daughter. They lived in Almere. Due to a serious illness, Smits died in October 2022 at 39 years old.
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Who was Wendy Smits?
Dutch handball player
When was Wendy Smits born?
Wendy Smits was born on 22 January 1983 in Amsterdam.
When did Wendy Smits die?
Wendy Smits died on 9 October 2022.
What was Wendy Smits's occupation?
Wendy Smits was a handball player.
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Wendy Smits was Dutch.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Wendy Smits. https://biography.guide/wendy-smits/
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