Johannes "Jan" Dam (24 November 1905 – 19 December 1985) was a Dutch

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who competed in the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad () and officially branded as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The opening ceremony was held on 5 July, but some competitions had al ...

. He was born and died in

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , ; ; ) is the second-largest List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam. It is in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, part of the North S ...

. In 1924 he was eliminated in the second round of the welterweight class after losing his fight to

Roy Ingram Reginald William Thomas "Roy" Ingram (19 November 1900 – 1972) was a South African boxer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was born in Belfast, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland T ...

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1905 births 1985 deaths Welterweight boxers Olympic boxers for the Netherlands Boxers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Boxers from Rotterdam Dutch male boxers 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-boxing-bio-stub