{{Short description|Dutch swimmer (1942–2001)}} {{MedalTableTop|Ron Kroon 1968.jpg|200px|Ron Kroon in 1968}} {{MedalSport | Men's swimming}} {{MedalCountry | the {{NED}} }} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalBronze| 1962 Leipzig |4×100 m medley}} {{MedalBronze| 1962 Leipzig |100 m freestyle}} {{MedalBottom}} '''Ronald Kroon''' (17 September 1942, Amsterdam – 12 July 2001, Huizen) was a Dutch freestyle swimmer who won two bronze medals at the 1962 European Aquatics Championships.<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/sport/swimec.htm EUROPEAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN)]. gbrathletics.com</ref> He also competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics with the best achievement of 8th place in the 4×100 meters medley relay.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418081413/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kr/ron-kroon-1.html Ron Kroon]. www.sports-reference.com</ref> Between 1960 and 1964 he was four times national champion and set 12 national records in the 100 m freestyle event. He was the first Dutch athlete to swim 100 meters within 55 seconds.<ref>[http://www.zwemmenindepolder.nl/zwemmers/zwemmers-1940-1970/ron-kroon.html Ron Kroon]. zwemmenindepolder.nl</ref>
After his swimming career, Kroon became a photographer with photograph press agency Anefo (1965-1968), and contributing editor at AVRO Sportpanorama in the seventies.
== Some photographs by Ron Kroon == <gallery> SuzanneFarrell1965.jpg|Suzanne Farrell Bobby Charlton (1966).jpg|Bobby Charlton Joan Baez 1966.jpg|Joan Baez Feyenoord tegen Ajax 1-0. Nummer 26 Israel in duel met Cruyff.jpg|Johan Cruyff </gallery>
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== External links == {{commons category|Ron Kroon}} * {{Sports links}} * [https://rkd.nl/explore/artists/379874 Profile at RKD] * [http://www.gahetna.nl/collectie/afbeeldingen/fotocollectie/zoeken/q/zoekterm/ron%20kroon/f/Vervaardiger/Kroon%2C%20Ron%20--%20Anefo 8,000 photographs by Kroon at the Dutch National Archives]
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