Ron Dekker

{{Short description|Dutch swimmer (born 1966)}}

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| name = Ron Dekker

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| caption = Dekker in 1988

| fullname = Ronald Dekker

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| nationality = Dutch

| strokes = Breaststroke, individual medley

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|6|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands

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{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}

{{MedalCountry | {{NED}}}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships (SC)}}

{{MedalSilver | 1993 Palma | 100 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalCompetition | European Championships (SC)}}

{{MedalGold | 1993 Gateshead | 100 m medley}}

{{MedalSilver | 1991 Gelsenkirchen | 50 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalSilver | 1991 Gelsenkirchen | 100 m medley}}

{{MedalSilver | 1992 Espoo | 50 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalSilver | 1993 Gateshead | 50 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalSilver | 1994 Stavanger | 50 m breaststroke}}

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Ronald Dekker (also spelled Decker{{citation needed|reason=Also spelled of simply misspelled, e.g. Anglophone sources?|date=May 2016}}, born 30 June 1966 in Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands) is a former breaststroke swimmer from Netherlands. He was a specialist on short course, and won the silver medal in 100m at the 1993 FINA Short Course World Championships in Palma de Mallorca.Jean-Louis Meuret (2006), [http://www.fina.org/pdf/histoFina/HistoFINA_III_a.pdf HistoFINA Volume III – Tome III]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. MEDALLISTS AND STATISTICS. Special FINA WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (25 m.) Before Manchester 2008. He swam individual 100m and 200m breaststroke and 4 × 100 m medley and freestyle relays at the 1988 Summer Olympics with the best achievement of 7th place in the relay.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418050513/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/ron-dekker-1.html Ron Dekker]. sports-reference.com