# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ron-kroon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:14:04.029Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ron-kroon"
name: "Ron Kroon"
slug: "ron-kroon"
description: "Ronald Kroon 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."
tagline: "Dutch swimmer and photographer (1942-2001)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portret_van_de_zwemmer_Ron_Kroon%2C_Bestanddeelnr_921-6731.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1942-09-17"
deathDate: "2001-07-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.2
  momentum:             4.07185628742515
  historical:           9.20846
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ron Kroon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "رون كرون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Kroon"
    title: "Ron Kroon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Kroon"
    title: "Ron Kroon"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Kroon"
    title: "Ron Kroon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Kroon"
    title: "Ron Kroon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Kroon"
    title: "Ron Kroon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "رون کرون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Kroon"
    title: "Ron Kroon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Kroon"
    title: "Ron Kroon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Kroon"
    title: "Ron Kroon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2436111"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump