Saskia Pronk

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Saskia Pronk
Personal information
Born (1983-08-06) 6 August 1983 (age 40)
Den Helder, Netherlands
Sport
CountryNetherlands
Sport Wheelchair basketball
Positionforward
Disabilityspinal cord injury
Disability class 1.0
Medal record
Women's wheelchair basketball
Representing Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Paralympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 London Team
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Hamburg Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Toronto Team
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2017 TenerifeTeam
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 RotterdamTeam

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]

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Saskia Pronk - Wheelchair Basketball - Paralympic Athlete Profile". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee . Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Wheelchair Basketball - PRONK Saskia". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.