PRONK Saskia

Wheelchair Basketball

Date of Birth: 6 Aug 1983

Age: 38

Gender: Female

Sport Class: 1.0

Place of birth: DEN HELDER

Birth Country:

Netherlands

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wheelchair Basketball	Women NED Netherlands	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #02 NED Netherlands 68 USA United States 58	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #15 CHN China 45 NED Netherlands 38	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #19 NED Netherlands 109 ALG Algeria 18	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #38 ESP Spain 24 NED Netherlands 63	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Quarterfinal #53 NED Netherlands 82 JPN Japan 24	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Semifinal #63 GER Germany 42 NED Netherlands 52	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Gold Medal Match #71 NED Netherlands 50 CHN China 31	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
3	Women	2012	London, GBR
World Championships
1	Women	2018	Hamburg, GER
3	Women	2014	Toronto, ON, CAN
5	Women	2010	Birmingham, GBR
European Championships
1	Women	2019	Rotterdam, NED
1	Women	2017	Tenerife, ESP

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Gertjan van der Linden [national], NED

Position style:

Forward (basketball.nl, 07 Jul 2019)

2010 for Netherlands (sportservicenederland.nl, 29 Sep 2014)

She began playing wheelchair basketball in 2007. (rolstoelbasketbal.nl, 25 Apr 2012 )

The coach of club JBC in Julianadorp, Netherlands, invited her to a training and after having joined the first team for one session, she decided to take up the sport. (sportservicenederland.nl, 29 Sep 2014)

Winning bronze at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London and claiming gold at the 2018 World Championships in Hamburg, Germany. (teamnl.org, 25 Aug 2018; sitness.nl, 2018)

General Interest

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (sportservicenederland.nl, 29 Sep 2014)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (sportservicenederland.nl, 29 Sep 2014)

Impairment Details
She has paraplegia as the result of failed surgery in 2005. (sportservicenederland.nl, 29 Sep 2014)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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