Iris Pruysen | |
Sport: | Paralympic athletics |
Disability Class: | T44 |
Birth Date: | 26 November 1987 |
Birth Place: | Zwijndrecht, Netherlands |
Retired: | 2018 |
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.[1] [2]