Saskia Pronk

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Saskia Pronk
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1983-08-06) 6 August 1983 (age 38)
Den Helder, Netherlands
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportWheelchair basketball
Positionforward
Disabilityspinal cord injury
Disability class1.0
Medal record
Women's wheelchair basketball
Representing  Netherlands
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Hamburg Team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Toronto Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tenerife Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rotterdam Team

Saskia Pronk (born 6 August 1983) is a Dutch wheelchair basketball player (1.0 disability class) and a member of the Netherlands women's national wheelchair basketball team. She plays as a forward. With the national team she won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics,[1] and the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. [1]

She also became world champion in 2018 and European champion in 2017 and 2019.[2]

Life[]

Pronk was born in Den Helder on 6 August 1983. Due to a failed surgery in 2005 she has a paraplegia. She started playing with wheelchair basketball in 2007 after being invited by the coach of club JBC in Julianadorp. She made her debut for the Dutch national team in 2010.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Saskia Pronk - Wheelchair Basketball - Paralympic Athlete Profile". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Wheelchair Basketball - PRONK Saskia - Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". Tokyo2020.org. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 6 September 2021.


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