SMITS Inger

Date of Birth: 17 Sep 1994

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.79/5'10''

Place of birth: GELEEN

Birth Country:

Netherlands

Place of residence : DORTMUND

Residence Country:

Germany

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Handball	Women NED Netherlands	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #01 NED Netherlands 32 JPN Japan 21	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #10 KOR Republic of Korea 36 NED Netherlands 43	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #13 NED Netherlands 37 ANG Angola 28	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #24 NOR Norway 29 NED Netherlands 27	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #29 NED Netherlands 30 MNE Montenegro 29	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Quarterfinal #32 FRA France 32 NED Netherlands 22	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2019	Japan

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women	2018	France
6	Women	2020	Denmark

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Human Movement Studies - University of Groningen, Netherlands

Partner Kelly Dulfer

Languages spoken:

Borussia Dortmund [Germany] since 2019

Andre Fuhr [club], GER; Emmanuel Mayonnade [national], FRA

Position style:

Left back (eurohandball.com, 01 Sep 2020)

Right (handball-world.new, 01 Feb 2021)

Sporting relatives:

Her partner Kelly Dulfer has represented the Netherlands in handball. She was part of the team that won gold at the 2019 World Championships in Japan, and played alongside Smits for Borussia Dortmund during the 2020/21 Handball-Bundesliga Frauen season. Her brother Jorn and Kay have both represented the Netherlands in handball, and were teammates at TTH Holstebro during the 2020/21 Danish Handbold Ligaen season. Her parents Gino and Cecille [nee Leenen] have also represented the Netherlands in the sport. Her mother Cecille made over 100 appearances for the Netherlands, while her father Gino has gone on to work as a coach at club level in the German Handball-Bundesliga Frauen. (SportsDeskOnline, 24 Feb 2021; Instagram profile, 06 Feb 2021; cceit.com, 19 Jan 2021)

National league:

Handball-Bundesliga Frauen [GER] (ruhrnachrichten.de, 29 Jan 2021)

She was born into a handball family and grew up playing against her two brothers Jorn and Kay. "It was always two to one at home, Kay and Jorn teamed up on me together. When I complained about it to my parents I was told, 'This makes you strong'. They were right." (cceit.com, 19 Jan 2021)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (cceit.com, 19 Jan 2021)

Winning the 2019 World Championship in Japan. (cceit.com, 19 Jan 2021)

General Interest

General
UPCOMING TRANSFER
In February 2021 she announced she would be leaving Borussia Dortmund at the end of the 2020/21 season in order to join German side SG BBM Bietigheim ahead of the 2021/22 Handball-Bundesliga Frauen season. "I chose Bietigheim because I think I can develop myself there as an all-round backcourt player." She has also played for German club VfL Oldenburg and Danish side TTH Holstebro during her career. (handball-world.news, 01 Feb 2021)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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