Inger Smits
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Geleen, Netherlands
| Inger Smits | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Inger Smits (right) in a 2021 Handball-Bundesliga game | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
17 September 1994 Geleen, Netherlands | ||
| Nationality | Dutch | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | CSM București | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
-2011 | V&L | ||
2011–2013 | HandbaL Venlo | ||
2013–2015 | SV Dalfsen Handbal | ||
2015–2017 | VfL Oldenburg | ||
2017–2019 | TTH Holstebro | ||
2019–2021 | Borussia Dortmund | ||
2021–2024 | SG BBM Bietigheim | ||
2024– | CSM București | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013– | Netherlands | 107 | (178) |
Medal record | |||
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 1 November 2024 | |||
Inger Smits (born 17 September 1994) is a Dutch handball player for Romanian club CSM București and the Dutch national team.[1][2][3][4]
She was a part the Netherlands team that won the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship; the first title in the country's history.[5][6]
National team
Smits started playing handball at her hometown club V&L. In 2011 she joined HandbaL Venlo, where she played for two years before moving to SV Dalfsen.[7] Here she won the Dutch championship in 2014 and 2015 and the Dutch cup and Supercup in 2015.[8]
In 2015 she joined VfL Oldenburg.[9] Two years later she joined Danish side Team Tvis Holstebro.[10] Two years later she returned to Germany when she joined Borussia Dortmund.[11] Here she won the German championship in 2021.
In the summer of 2021 she joined league rivals SG BBM Bietigheim.[12] Here she won the 2021, 2022 and 2023 DHB-Supercup, the 2022, 2023 and 2024 German championship, the 2022 European League and the 2023 DHB-Pokal.
In 2024 she joined Romanian CSM București.[13]
Smits played 37 games for the Dutch youth team.[9]
At the 2018 European Championship she won bronze medals, although she only played in the last match, the third place playoff.[14]
At the 2019 World Championship in Japan she won gold medals with the dutch team, beating Spain in the final 30:29[15] She was however injured during the first round and was replaced by Delaila Amega.[16][17]
At the 2020 Olympics she also represented the Dutch team.[18]
At the 2023 World Championship she and the Netherlands finished 5th. She scored 8 goals during the tournament.[19]
Private life
Her father Gino Smits and mother Cecile Leenen were also handball players. [7] Her brothers Kay and Jorn are also international handball players.[20]
