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William Tyson

South African windsurfer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 27, 2025
Entity authorityQ96653543 ↗
Source-derived summary

William Tyson (born 17 May 1971) is a South African windsurfer. He competed in the men's Lechner A-390 event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “William Tyson” as south African windsurfer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around William, Tyson and South.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1971, 1992—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1971-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with William, Tyson and South providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “William Tyson”, the useful work is to connect “south African windsurfer” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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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 Sep 27, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q96653543. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1971 and 1992.

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Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “William Tyson” 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.