Michelle Smith ninth in the preliminary swims with only the top eight advancing. Smith did not submit her qualifying time for the 400m freestyle event before the 5 July deadline but did so two days later with the Irish Olympic officials insisting they had been given permission to submit the qualifying time after the deadline. Smith applied for the event after she had arrived in Atlanta. After Smith qualified at the expense of Evans, the US Swimming Federation, supported by the German and Netherlands swimming teams, challenged a decision to allow Smith to compete but were unsuccessful. At a later conference, Evans
Michelle Gerards 2005 she played two doubles matches partnering Dutch veteran Brenda Schultz-McCarthy, winning both, over Poland and Luxembourg. When she returned to the Fed Cup team in 2009 it was as a singles player and she won one match, over Claudine Schaul of Luxembourg. Michelle Gerards Michelle Gerards (born 8 July 1984) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands. A right-handed player from Limburg, Gerards was the Dutch under 18s champion at the age of 13 and was a junior quarter-finalist at the 1999 French Open. Most of her professional career was spent on the ITF circuit, reaching a