Saskia Pronk

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]

Saskia Pronk

Personal information
Born	(1983-08-06) 6 August 1983 (age 41) Den Helder, Netherlands
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Wheelchair basketball
Position	forward
Disability	spinal cord injury
Disability class	1.0
Medal record Women's wheelchair basketball Representing  Netherlands Paralympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team 2024 Paris Team 2012 London Team World Championships 2018 Hamburg Team 2014 Toronto Team European Championships 2017 Tenerife Team 2019 Rotterdam Team

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]