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Colin Dickinson

New Zealand cyclist (1931-2006)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ5145042 ↗
Source-derived summary

Colin Healey Dickinson (14 October 1931 – 9 August 2006) was a New Zealand cyclist. He competed in the men's sprint and the tandem events at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

In 1990, Dickinson was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Colin Dickinson” as new Zealand cyclist (1931-2006). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

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—1931, 2006, 1952, 1990—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1931-10-14. The account is most persuasive where Colin, Dickinson and Zealand can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as new Zealand cyclist (1931-2006). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5145042. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1931, 2006, 1952 and 1990.

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This entry incorporates text from “Colin Dickinson” 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.