What is Ron Kroon?
[[File:Ron Kroon 1968.jpg|thumb|200px|Ron Kroon in 1968]] '''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]]. He also competed at the [[1960 Summer Olympics|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. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kroon, Rob}} [[Category:1942 births]] [[Category:2001 deaths]] [[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands]] [[Category:Dutch swimmers]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Amsterdam]] {{bio-stub}}