Ryan Bell (born April 17, 1984) is a retired Canadian

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player from

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(suburban

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). Bell lastly played as guard for

Espoon Honka 237px, Petteri Koponen with Espoon Honka in 2007 Espoon Honka, also known as Honka Playboys, was a basketball club based in Espoo, Finland and it played in Korisliiga. The club was dissolved in 2011 due to financial difficulties. History Espoon ...

in Finland. Bell has won four

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as a member of Carleton University Ravens, winning in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. He studied

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Carleton University Carleton University is an English-language public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1942 as Carleton College, the institution originally operated as a private, non-denominational evening college to serve returning World ...

. Before Carleton, he attended

Colonel By Secondary School Colonel By Secondary School is an Ottawa-Carleton District School Board high school. It is located in the Beacon Hill neighbourhood of Gloucester in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is a non-semestered school, and was the only English publi ...

. Bell joined the

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in 2006. He represented Canada at the

2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Com ...

and the

FIBA Americas Championship 2007 The 2007 FIBA Americas Championships later known as the FIBA AmeriCup (or The Tournament of the Americas), was a basketball tournament held at Thomas & Mack Center, in Las Vegas, from August 22, to September 2. It was the thirteenth staging of the ...

. Canada's team at the 2007 Pan American Games included his fellow Carleton teammates

Osvaldo Jeanty Osvaldo Jeanty (born August 1, 1983) is a Canadian basketball coach and former professional basketball player. He is one of the all-time greats of the Carleton University Ravens men's basketball team and a member of the Ravens' Hall of Fame. Jea ...

and

Aaron Doornekamp Aaron Rene Doornekamp (born December 5, 1985) is a Canadian-Dutch professional basketball player for Iberostar Tenerife of the Liga ACB. He was one of the greatest players in the history of the Carleton University Ravens men's college basketball ...

along with Assistant Coach

Dave Smart Dave Smart (born 1966) is a Canadian former basketball coach. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario from 1999 to 2019, where he led the Ravens to thirteen of the team's fifteen overall U Sports na ...

. Bell is a cousin of professional

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player Jamar Dixon.

References

1984 births Living people Basketball players at the 2007 Pan American Games Black Canadian basketball players Canadian expatriate basketball people in Finland Canadian expatriate basketball people in Germany Carleton Ravens basketball players Espoon Honka players FC Schalke 04 Basketball players Pan American Games competitors for Canada Point guards Shooting guards Basketball players from Ottawa 2010 FIBA World Championship players {{Canada-basketball-bio-stub