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Full name
  
Ronald Yngve Bontemps

Weight
  
79 kg

Height
  
1.88 m


Role
  
Basketball Player

Name
  
Ron Bontemps

Education
  
Beloit College

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Born
  
August 11, 1926 (age 97) (
1926-08-11
)
Taylorville, Illinois, U.S.

Ronald Yngve Bontemps (August 11, 1926 – May 13, 2017) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Taylorville, Illinois and attended Beloit College. He was a captain of the United States men's basketball team, which won the gold medal. He played in all eight games. Bontemps died on May 13, 2017 in Peoria, Illinois, aged 90.

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