Minke Smeets

Minke Smeets is a field hockey midfielder from the Netherlands. She plays professional field hockey with the Hoofdklasse Hockey|Hoofdklasse] side Larensche [Mixed Hockey Club|Laren].
She was part of the national team that won the 2007 Women's [Champions Trophy (field hockey)|2007 Champions Trophy]. 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. She won an Olympic gold medal with the Dutch team by beating China in the final of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
During the closing ceremony of the 2008 Olympics, her boyfriend, the Dutch baseball team's catcher, Tjerk Smeets, proposed, and Minke accepted. Her older sister Hanneke was also a Dutch international.