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André Weingand

French gymnast

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ11958058 ↗
Source-derived summary

Georges André Weingand (14 March 1915 – 6 March 2004) was a French gymnast. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Editorial summary

“André Weingand” enters the record as french gymnast. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what André, Weingand and French can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1915, 2004, 1948, 1952—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1915-03-14. Its strongest next move is a source search built around André, Weingand and French.
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Why this record matters

“André Weingand” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, André, Weingand and French provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q11958058. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1915, 2004, 1948 and 1952.

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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 lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. 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 “André Weingand” 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.