Mattheus Pronk

{{Infobox sportsperson |name=Mattheus Pronk |fullname=Mattheus Adrianus "Matthé" Pronk |image=Mattheus Pronk 1979.jpg | image_size = |caption=Mattheus Pronk in 1979 |birth_date=27 March 1947 |birth_place='t Zand, Zijpe, the Netherlands |death_date=25 March 2001 (aged 53) |death_place=Warmenhuizen, the Netherlands | height = | weight = |sport=Motor-paced racing |club= |alma_mater= | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | the {{NED}} }} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver | 1978 Munich|Amateurs}} {{MedalGold | 1979 Amsterdam|Amateurs}} {{MedalSilver | 1980 Besancon|Amateurs}} {{MedalGold | 1981 Brno|Amateurs}} {{MedalSilver | 1982 Leicester|Amateurs}} {{MedalSilver | 1983 Zurich |Amateurs}} }} '''Mattheus Adrianus "Matthé" Pronk''' (27 March 1947 – 25 March 2001) was a cyclist from the Netherlands who won the Amateur UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1979 and 1981. He finished in second place in 1988, 1980, 1982 and 1983.<ref name=r3/> He won the national titles in this event in 1977 and 1979. He was the father of three children including cyclists Jos Pronk (b. 1983) and Matthé Pronk (b. 1974).<ref name=r1/><ref name=r2/> Besides cycling he worked as a carpenter.

==References== <references>

<ref name=r1>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130120085037/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=12855 Mattheus Pronk]}}. cyclingarchives.com</ref> <ref name=r2>[http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=10563 Jos Pronk]. dewielersite.net</ref> <ref name=r3>[http://www.stayer.de/pdf/wm_amateure.pdf Weltmeisterschaften. Heinz Weidner – Hattersheim]. stayer.de</ref>

</references> thumb|left|300px|Mattheus Pronk at the World Championships 1979 {{Commons category}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pronk, Mattheus}} Category:1947 births Category:Dutch male cyclists Category:2001 deaths Category:People from Zijpe Category:Cyclists from North Holland Category:20th-century Dutch sportsmen