Irene Schmidt

Irene Schmidt in 1980

Sport

Table tennis

Medal record

Table tennis
Competitor for the Netherlands
Paralympic Games
	1972 Heidelberg	Teams 4
	1976 Toronto	Teams 4–5
	1976 Toronto	Singles 4–5
	1980 Arnhem	Teams 4–5
	1980 Arnhem	Singles 4–5
	1972 Heidelberg	Singles 4

Irene Schmidt is a retired Dutch table tennis player who competed at the 1972, 1976 and 1980 Summer Paralympics in the individual and team events. She won one gold and one bronze medal in 1972, two gold medals in 1976 and again two gold medals in 1980.^[1] After these Games she ended her sports career and married Theo Louwers.

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↑ Medallists Heidelberg 1972, Toronto 1976 and Arnhem 1980 Paralympic Games. Table Tennis. paralympic.org

Paralympic Oath takers

Athletes'
Oath

S	1960: Franco Rossi (ITA) 1964: Shigeo Aono (JPN) 1968: Zvi Ben-Zvi (ISR) 1972: Marga Floer (FRG) 1976: Eugene Reimer (CAN) 1980: Irene Schmidt (NED) 1984: Ólavur Kongsbak (FRO) & John Harris (GBR) 1988: So-Boo Kim (KOR) 1992: José Manuel Rodríguez Ibáñez (ESP) 1996: Trischa Zorn (USA) 2000: Tracey Cross (AUS) 2004: Maria Kalpakidou (GRE) 2008: Wu Chunmiao (CHN) 2012: Liz Johnson (GBR)

W	1992: Ludovic Rey-Robert (FRA) 1994: Cato Zahl Pedersen (NOR) 1998: Ryuei Shinohe (JPN) 2002: Sarah Billmeier (USA) 2006: Fabrizio Zardini (ITA) 2010: Hervé Lord (CAN) 2014: Valery Redkozubov (RUS)

Judges'
Oath

S	1980: Henk Boersbroek (NED) 1984: Jack Abramson & Ronald Nicholls (both USA) 2000: Mary Longden (AUS) 2004: Vlassis Tamvakieras (GRE) 2008: Hao Guohua (CHN) 2012: Richard Allcroft (GBR)

W	1998: Takashi Takano (JPN) 2006: Mauro Scanacapra (ITA) 2010: Linda Kirton (CAN)

Coaches'
Oath

S	2012: David Hunter (GBR)

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