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Pavel Buráň

Czech cyclist

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 4, 2025
Entity authorityQ466609 ↗
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Pavel Buran (born 25 April 1973) is a Czech former professional track cyclist. A multiple medalist at the European Championships, Buran won a bronze medal in the Keirin in 2000. As a junior, he is reputed to have done a track stand in the sprint event which lasted so long, the UCI introduced time limits for which riders were allowed to remain stationary during the event.

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“Pavel Buráň” enters the record as czech cyclist. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Pavel, Buráň and Czech can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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—1973, 2000—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1973-04-25. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Pavel, Buráň and Czech.
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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 Nov 4, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q466609. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1973 and 2000.

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This entry incorporates text from “Pavel Buráň” 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.