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Taro Tan

Canadian judoka

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ21546306 ↗
Source-derived summary

Taro Tan (born 13 August 1967) is a Canadian judoka. He competed in the men's half-lightweight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Taro Tan” as canadian judoka. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Taro, Canadian and judoka.

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—1967, 1996—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1967-08-13. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Taro, Canadian and judoka providing the first useful test.
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Evidence profile

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 Jun 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q21546306. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1967 and 1996.

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This entry incorporates text from “Taro Tan” 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.