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Choy Mow Thim

Malaysian cyclist

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ17612183 ↗
Source-derived summary

Choy Mow Thim (born 29 May 1947) is a Malaysian former cyclist. He competed in the team time trial and the team pursuit events at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Choy Mow Thim” as malaysian cyclist. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Choy, Thim and Malaysian.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1947, 1964—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1947-05-29. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Choy, Thim and Malaysian providing the first useful test.
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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q17612183. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1947 and 1964.

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This entry incorporates text from “Choy Mow Thim” 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.