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Armenian Cycling Federation

governing body for cycling sport in Armenia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 4, 2024
Entity authorityQ107318629 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Armenian Cycling Federation (Armenian: Հայաստանի հեծանվային մարզաձևերի ֆեդերացիա) is the national governing body of cycle racing in Armenia. It is a member of the International Cycling Union and the European Cycling Union.

The federation operates the Yerevan Velodrome, where its headquarters are located. Armenian track cyclist Edgar Stepanyan competed successfully at the 2015 and 2018 European Track Championships, where he won two gold medals at the junior and under-23 level.

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The public source identifies “Armenian Cycling Federation” as governing body for cycling sport in Armenia. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Armenian, Cycling and Federation.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2015, 2018—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Armenian, Cycling and Federation providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Armenian Cycling Federation” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.