Early Life
Seikaly was born in Beirut, Lebanon. At the age of 9, Rony moved from Beirut, where he'd been attending elementary school at the Athenee de Beirut to Greece, where he spent the rest of his youth. He attended and graduated from the American School, also known as ACS Athens.
In addition to playing basketball in the Greek youth system, he was also a football (soccer) player, and an accomplished track and field athlete. Despite being raised in Greece, he was unable to attain Greek citizenship, due to bureaucratic problems, but he later became a naturalized American citizen.
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