Saskia Pronk

{{short description|Dutch wheelchair basketball player}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|8|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = Den Helder, Netherlands

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| sport = Wheelchair basketball

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| position = forward

| country = Netherlands

| disability = spinal cord injury

| disability_class = 1.0

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{{MedalSport|Women's wheelchair basketball}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|2020 Tokyo|Team}}

{{MedalGold|2024 Paris|Team}}

{{MedalBronze|2012 London|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Hamburg|Team}}

{{MedalBronze|2014 Toronto|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2017 Tenerife|Team}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Rotterdam|Team}}

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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,{{Cite web |title=Saskia Pronk - Wheelchair Basketball - Paralympic Athlete Profile |url=https://www.paralympic.org/saskia-pronk |website=Paralympic.org |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |access-date=8 September 2021}} and the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

She also became world champion in 2018 and European champion in 2017 and 2019.{{Cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/wheelchair-basketball/athlete-profile-n1708648-pronk-saskia.htm |title=Wheelchair Basketball - PRONK Saskia |work=Tokyo 2020 Paralympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=6 September 2021 |archive-date=6 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906092247/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/wheelchair-basketball/athlete-profile-n1708648-pronk-saskia.htm |url-status=dead }}

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.

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