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Ben Bassaw

French sprinter

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ2895332 ↗
Source-derived summary

Benjamin Bassaw (born 9 July 1989) is a French sprinter, who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. He was part of the team that set the European record in the 4 × 200 metres relay, running 1:20.66 at the 2014 IAAF World Relays.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Ben Bassaw” as french sprinter. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1989, 2014—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1989-07-09. The account is most persuasive where Bassaw, French and sprinter can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as french sprinter. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2895332. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1989 and 2014.

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This entry incorporates text from “Ben Bassaw” 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.