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{{Short description|Dutch water polo player (1946–2018)}}
{{distinguish|Evert Johan Kroon}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1946|9|9}}
| birth_place = [[Hilversum]], [[North Holland]], Netherlands
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|4|2|1946|9|9}}
| death_place = [[Hollandsche Rading]], Netherlands
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{{MedalBronze| [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]] | [[Water polo at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Team competition]] }} 
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'''Evert Gerrit Kroon''' (9 September 1946 &ndash; 2 April 2018)<ref>[https://www.nu.nl/sport-overig/5204327/legendarische-waterpolokeeper-evert-kroon-71-overleden.html Evert Kroon's obituary] {{in lang|nl}}</ref> was a [[water polo]] goalkeeper from [[The Netherlands]], who participated in three consecutive [[Summer Olympics]], starting in 1968. After two seventh-place finishes Kroon won the bronze medal with the Dutch Men's Water Polo Team at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] in [[Montreal, Quebec]], Canada. He was given the honour to [[List of flag bearers for the Netherlands at the Olympics|carry the national flag of the Netherlands]] at the closing ceremony of the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] in [[Montreal]], becoming the [[Water polo at the Summer Olympics#Flag bearers|thirteenth water polo player]] to be a [[flag bearer]] at the opening and closing [[Olympic Games ceremony|ceremonies of the Olympics]].<ref name="OP">{{cite web|title=Evert Kroon |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54522 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=16 July 2020 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Netherlands men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics]]
* [[List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)]]
* [[List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Sports links}}

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[[Category:1946 births]]
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[[Category:Sportspeople from Hilversum]]
[[Category:Dutch male water polo players]]
[[Category:Water polo goalkeepers]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands in water polo]]
[[Category:Water polo players at the 1968 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Water polo players at the 1972 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Water polo players at the 1976 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:20th-century Dutch sportsmen]]


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