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Travis Brown (cyclist)

American racing cyclist, XC US National Champion 1999, MA US National Champion 2005, 2006. 2000 Olympian

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ7836211 ↗
Source-derived summary

Travis Brown (born August 7, 1969) is an American mountain cyclist. He competes in cross-country mountain bike and cyclo-cross races but has also raced on road bicycles.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Travis Brown (cyclist)” as american racing cyclist, XC US National Champion 1999, MA US National Champion 2005, 2006. 2000 Olympian. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

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—1969—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1969-08-07. The account is most persuasive where Travis, Brown and cyclist can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as american racing cyclist, XC US National Champion 1999, MA US National Champion 2005, 2006. 2000 Olympian. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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 May 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7836211. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1969.

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This entry incorporates text from “Travis Brown (cyclist)” 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.