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Born | Valkenswaard, North Brabant, Netherlands | 19 January 1962
Johannes ("Hans") Wilhelmus Antonius Daams (born 19 January 1962) is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who was a professional rider from 1985 to 1989. He represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, in the individual road race where he didn't finish the race. [1]
His daughter Jessie Daams is also a professional road bicycle racer. [2]
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Jessie Daams is a Belgian former racing cyclist. She competed in the 2013 UCI women's road race in Florence. Her father is the Dutch cyclist Hans Daams.