Ross Bekkering (born August 19, 1987) is a Canadian-Dutch former professional

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player. Bekkering played in the

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. Bekkering is the younger brother of

Henry Bekkering Hendrik "Henry" Bekkering (born November 26, 1985) is a Canadian former professional basketball player who holds a Dutch passport as well. Bekkering is the elder brother of Ross Bekkering, who is a professional basketball player as well. College ...

, who was a professional basketball player as well. He played collegiately for

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, where he played five years. In 2010, he started his professional career in the Netherlands with

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, winning the

in his rookie year. The following year, he signed with

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. After one year he returned to Leiden, where he won another DBL title in 2013. Afterwards, he played three years with league rival

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, where he added two more championships. He retired in 2016. Four years after his retirement, in 2020, Bekkering played

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for the Netherlands national team. He represented the country at the

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in Tokyo.

Professional career

Bekkering started his professional career with

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in 2010. With Leiden Bekkering won the Dutch championship. The following season Bekkering left for

to team up with his older brother

. After a year with Magixx Bekkering signed again with Leiden, and in his second season he won the championship once again. On June 10, 2013, Bekkering signed with the

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from

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along with Leiden teammate

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. Bekkering won his first

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with Flames, by beating his former team Leiden 79–71 in the Final. After the DBL regular season Bekkering was selected in the

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. He extended his contract with one year in July 2014. On June 23, 2016, Bekkering announced his retirement at age 28.

3x3 basketball

In 2021, Bekkering joined the Netherlands national 3x3 team. He played at the

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in Tokyo, where the team finished in the fifth place.

Honours

Professionally

*4x Dutch Championship (

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

) *2x

( 2014,2015) *2x Dutch Supercup (2011, 2014) Individual awards *2x

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(

, 2016) *5x

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(

, 2015, 2016) *2x

(

, 2016) * DBL rebounding leader (2015–2016) *

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(2015–2016) *

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Player of the Year (2015–2016)

College

Calgary *2x All-Canada West Team (2009, 2010) *2x All-Canadian Team (2009, 2010)

Statistics

DBL

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bekkering, Ross 1987 births Living people Canadian men's basketball players Centers (basketball) Donar (basketball club) players Dutch Basketball League players Dutch men's basketball players Matrixx Magixx players People from Taber, Alberta Power forwards ZZ Leiden players Basketball people from Alberta 3x3 basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic 3x3 basketball players for the Netherlands Calgary Dinos men's basketball players 21st-century Canadian sportsmen