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Competition links an athlete to the specific tournament where they actually made their name. Wikipedia notes Pele "won three FIFA World Cup titles - in 1958, 1962, and 1970 - becoming the only player to do so." This dimension gathers every athlete who competed in the same named competition.

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Era of Origin
1894 1
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FAQs

Why does Motorsport have its own athlete category instead of joining Cycling Disciplines?

Motor racing is motorized rather than human-powered, and is expected to gain substantial future athlete depth of its own.

This subcategory groups athletes who competed as drivers in motor racing, such as NASCAR's stock car series. It is kept as its own category, separate from human-powered racing sports grouped under Cycling Disciplines, because motor racing is a globally major, heavily populated discipline expected to gain substantial future athlete depth, not a thin category padded out for its own sake, even though only one member is live today.
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1. Wikipedia: Motorsport
WikipediaMotorsport, History section
Quote, Motorsport, History section
In 1894, the French newspaper Le Petit Journal organised a contest for horseless carriages featuring a run from Paris to Rouen.
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