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Andrew Shandro

racing cyclist

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ4758553 ↗
Source-derived summary

Andrew Shandro (born May 20, 1971) is a professional mountain biker. Shandro has starred in many films and featured in mountain bike magazines worldwide. The majority of Shandro's pictures are taken by his close friend Sterling Lorence. Andrew was born and raised on the North Shore, British Columbia. He is a competitive individual, and enjoys spending time with his kids.

Career

Shandro began as a downhill racer. Eventually he decided to make a career of mountain biking and began starring in movies and pushing the limits of mountain biking. As of 2005 Shandro is one of the older riders, but remains one of the most respected. Shandro runs summer mountain biking camps where campers can receive coaching from world class mountain bikers. Shandro often rides at Whistler-Blackcomb.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Andrew Shandro” is racing cyclist. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Andrew, Shandro and racing, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1971, 2005—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1971-05-20. For this dossier, Andrew, Shandro and racing is the immediate research focus.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4758553. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1971 and 2005.

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This entry incorporates text from “Andrew Shandro” 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.