Ross Bekkering (born August 19, 1987) is a former Canadian-Dutch professional

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player. Bekkering played in the

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. Bekkering is the younger brother of Henry Bekkering, who was a professional basketball player as well. He played collegiately for

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, where he played five years. In 2010, he started his professional career in the Netherlands with

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, winning the

in his rookie year. The following year, he signed with

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. After one year he returned to Leiden, where he won another DBL title in 2013. Afterwards, he played three years with league rival

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, where he added two more championships. He retired in 2016. Four years after his retirement, in 2020, Bekkering played

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for the Netherlands national team. He represented the country at the

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in Tokyo.

Professional career

Bekkering started his professional career with

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in 2010. With Leiden Bekkering won the Dutch championship. The following season Bekkering left for

to team up with his older brother Henry Bekkering. After a year with Magixx Bekkering signed again with Leiden, and in his second season he won the championship once again. On June 10, 2013 Bekkering signed with the

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from

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along with Leiden teammate

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. Bekkering won his first

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with Flames, by beating his former team Leiden 79–71 in the Final. After the DBL regular season Bekkering was selected in the

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. He extended his contract with one year in July 2014. On June 23, 2016, Bekkering announced his retirement at age 28.

3x3 basketball

In 2021, Bekkering joined the Netherlands national 3x3 team. He played at the

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in Tokyo, where the team finished in the fifth place.

Honours

Professionally

*4x Dutch Championship (

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) *2x

( 2014,2015) *2x

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(2011, 2014) ;Individual awards *2x

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(

, 2016) *5x All-Star (

, 2015, 2016) *2x

(

, 2016) * DBL rebounding leader (2015-2016) *

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(2015-2016) *

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Player of the Year (2015-2016)

College

;Calgary *2x All-Canada West Team (2009, 2010) *2x All-Canadian Team (2009, 2010)

Statistics

DBL

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References

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