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Abel Villanueva

Peruvian athletics competitor

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ20989124 ↗
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Abel Villanueva (born 1981) is a Peruvian long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon. He competed in the marathon event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China.

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The public source identifies “Abel Villanueva” as peruvian athletics competitor. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Abel, Villanueva and Peruvian.

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—1981, 2015—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1981, 1981-12-09—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Abel, Villanueva and Peruvian providing the first useful test.
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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 Jul 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q20989124. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 1 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1981 and 2015.

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This entry incorporates text from “Abel Villanueva” 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.