Ronald Kroon (17 September 1942,

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– 12 July 2001,

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) was a Dutch

freestyle swimmer Freestyle is a category of swimming competition, defined by the rules of World Aquatics, in which competitors are subject to only a few limited restrictions on their swimming stroke. Freestyle races are the most common of all swimming competit ...

who won two bronze medals at the

1962 European Aquatics Championships The 1962 European Aquatics Championships were held in Leipzig, East Germany from 18 to 25 August 1962. Titles were contested in swimming, diving and water polo (men). In the men's swimming program, the 100 m backstroke had been replaced by the 20 ...

. He also competed at the

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Janu ...

and

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with the best achievement of 8th place in the 4×100 meters medley relay. 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.Ron Kroon
zwemmenindepolder.nl After his swimming career, Kroon became a photographer with photograph press agency

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(1965-1968), and contributing editor at

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Sportpanorama in the seventies.

Some photographs by Ron Kroon

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References

External links

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Profile at RKD

8,000 photographs by Kroon at the Dutch National Archives
1942 births 2001 deaths Dutch male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for the Netherlands Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Amsterdam European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Journalists from Amsterdam Photographers from Amsterdam 20th-century Dutch journalists 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-swimming-bio-stub