Career
She skated a world record broken in a later pair by Claudia Pechstein. Prior to that season, she had not competed in long track speed skating competitions for several years, and had only taken up practice again shortly before the Dutch trials in late 2001. However, she had been a very successful marathon skater in the years before 2002.
During the last held Elfstedentocht in 1997 she finished second.
Smit"s two sisters, Jenita and Marianne, were also good (marathon) skaters. Jenita also took up long track skating in the 2002/2003 season.