What is Wendy Smits?
{{Infobox sportsperson | name = Wendy Smits | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1983|1|22|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|10|9|1983|1|22|df=y}} | death_place = | monuments = | residence = [[Almere]], Netherlands | nationality = Dutch | sport = [[handball]] | country = [[Netherlands]] }} '''Wendy Smits''' (22 January 1983 – 9 October 2022) was an international Dutch handball player.<ref>[https://www.volkskrant.nl/sport/de-omgekeerde-weg-van-een-handbaltalent~bdcf9f6c/ De omgekeerde weg van een handbaltalent], [[De Volkskrant]], 4 January 2010</ref> Smits moved in 2005 from [[HV SEW]] to the 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]].<ref name=auto /><ref>[https://www.handbalinside.nl/oud-international-wendy-smits-opgestapt-na-conflict-met-kees-boomhouwer/ OUD INTERNATIONAL WENDY SMITS OPGESTAPT NA CONFLICT MET KEES BOOMHOUWER], handbalinside.nl, 8 December 2015</ref> Smits also played 14 mathces for the [[Netherlands women's national handball team]]. She was assistant coach of the under-16 national women's team.<ref name=auto>[https://www.handbalstartpunt.nl/nieuws/slechts-39-jaar-wendy-smits-overleden/ Slechts 39 jaar: Wendy Smits overleden], handbalstartpunt.nl, 10 October 2022</ref> Smits was married and had a daughter. They lived in [[Almere]]. Due to a serious illness, Smits died in October 2022 at the age of 39 years old.<ref name=auto /> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Smits, Wendy}} [[Category:1983 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Handball players]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Amsterdam]] [