Ron Kroon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ron Kroon

Dutch swimmer

Date of Birth: 17-Sep-1942

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 12-Jul-2001

Profession: photographer, journalist, swimmer

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Ronald "Ron" 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.
He also competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics 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.After his swimming career, Kroon became a photographer with photograph press agency Anefo (1965-1968), and contributing editor at AVRO Sportpanorama in the seventies.