Irene Schmidt
{{short description|Dutch para table tennis player}}
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{{Medal|Sport|Table tennis}}
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{{Medal|Competition|Paralympic Games}}
{{Medal|Gold|1972 Heidelberg|Teams 4}}
{{Medal|Gold|1976 Toronto|Teams 4–5}}
{{Medal|Gold|1976 Toronto|Singles 4–5}}
{{Medal|Gold|1980 Arnhem|Teams 4–5}}
{{Medal|Gold|1980 Arnhem|Singles 4–5}}
{{Medal|Bronze|1972 Heidelberg|Singles 4}}
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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. After these Games she ended her sports career and married Theo Louwers.
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Dutch female table tennis players
Category:Table tennis players at the 1972 Summer Paralympics
Category:Table tennis players at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
Category:Table tennis players at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
Category:Paralympic table tennis players for the Netherlands
Category:Medalists at the 1972 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
Category:Paralympic medalists in table tennis
Category:Paralympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
Category:Paralympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
Category:20th-century Dutch sportswomen
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