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Paul Brizzel

Irish sprinter

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ3370737 ↗
Source-derived summary

Paul Brizzel (born 3 October 1976) is an Irish sprinter. He competed in the men's 100 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

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The public source identifies “Paul Brizzel” as irish sprinter. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Paul, Brizzel and Irish.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1976, 2000—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1976-10-03. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Paul, Brizzel and Irish providing the first useful test.
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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 Jul 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3370737. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1976 and 2000.

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This entry incorporates text from “Paul Brizzel” 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.