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Matthew Humphries

British sailor

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ21170643 ↗
Source-derived summary

Matthew "Matt" Humphries (born 21 July 1971) is a British sailor. He participated in the Volvo Ocean Race five times: in 1989–90 with With Integrity, 1993–94 as skipper of Reebok/Dolphin & Youth, 1997–98 with America's Challenge and Swedish Match, 2001–02 with Team SEB and Team News Corp, and 2005–06 with Brunel.

He was 18 when he sailed With Integrity, becoming the youngest ever person to sail in the race.

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The public source identifies “Matthew Humphries” as british sailor. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Matthew, Humphries and British.

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—1971, 1989, 1993, 1997—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1971-07-21. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Matthew, Humphries and British 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 Jun 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q21170643. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1971, 1989, 1993 and 1997.

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This entry incorporates text from “Matthew Humphries” 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.