# Ron Kroon

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{{Short description|Dutch swimmer (1942–2001)}}
{{MedalTableTop|Ron Kroon 1968.jpg|200px|Ron Kroon in 1968}}
{{MedalSport | Men's [swimming](/source/swimming_(sport))}}
{{MedalCountry | the {{NED}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[European Championships](/source/LEN_European_Aquatics_Championships)}}
{{MedalBronze| [1962 Leipzig](/source/1962_European_Aquatics_Championships) |4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalBronze| [1962 Leipzig](/source/1962_European_Aquatics_Championships) |100 m freestyle}}
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'''Ronald Kroon''' (17 September 1942, [Amsterdam](/source/Amsterdam) – 12 July 2001, [Huizen](/source/Huizen)) was a Dutch [freestyle swimmer](/source/Freestyle_swimming) who won two bronze medals at the [1962 European Aquatics Championships](/source/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](/source/1960_Summer_Olympics) and [1964 Summer Olympics](/source/1964_Summer_Olympics) with the best achievement of 8th place in the 4×100&nbsp;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&nbsp;m freestyle event. He was the first Dutch athlete to swim 100&nbsp;meters within 55&nbsp;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](/source/Anefo) (1965-1968), and contributing editor at [AVRO](/source/Algemene_Vereniging_Radio_Omroep) Sportpanorama in the seventies.

== Some photographs by Ron Kroon ==
<gallery>
SuzanneFarrell1965.jpg|[Suzanne Farrell](/source/Suzanne_Farrell)
Bobby Charlton (1966).jpg|[Bobby Charlton](/source/Bobby_Charlton)
Joan Baez 1966.jpg|[Joan Baez](/source/Joan_Baez)
Feyenoord tegen Ajax 1-0. Nummer 26 Israel in duel met Cruyff.jpg|[Johan Cruyff](/source/Johan_Cruyff)
</gallery>

==References==
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== External links ==
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* [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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Category:1942 births
Category:2001 deaths
Category:Dutch male freestyle swimmers
Category:Olympic swimmers for the Netherlands
Category:Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Category:Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Category:Swimmers from Amsterdam
Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Category:Journalists from Amsterdam
Category:Photographers from Amsterdam
Category:20th-century Dutch journalists
Category:20th-century Dutch sportsmen

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