Iris Pruysen

{{Short description|Dutch Paralympic athlete (born 1987)}}

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| sport = Paralympic athletics

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|disability_class = T44

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|11|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Zwijndrecht, Netherlands

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| retired= 2018

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{{Medal|Sport|Paralympic athletics}}

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{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2013 Lyon|Long jump T44}}

{{Medal|Competition|European Championships}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2012 Stadskanaal|100m T44}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2012 Stadskanaal|200m T44}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2014 Swansea|Long jump T44}}

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Iris Pruysen (born 26 November 1987) is a Dutch retired Paralympic athlete who competed in sprinting and long jump at international elite competitions. She is a World champion and a European bronze medalist in long jump. Pruysen lost her lower right leg following a gas explosion on a boat at a sailing camp in IJsselmeer. She had her leg amputated a few days later in Erasmus Hospital in Rotterdam.{{Cite web|date=1 July 2021|title=Iris Pruysen - IPC Athlete Bio|url=http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=513&personid=955202&WinterGames=-1|website=ipc.infostradasports.com|access-date=1 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182230/http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=513&personid=955202&WinterGames=-1|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|date=29 August 2012|title=Iris Pruysen can still make so much progress (in Dutch)|url=https://www.atletiek.nl/nieuws/iris-pruysen-kan-nog-zoveel-progressie-boeken|website=Atletiek.nl|access-date=1 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182159/https://www.atletiek.nl/nieuws/iris-pruysen-kan-nog-zoveel-progressie-boeken|url-status=dead}}