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André Chatelain

French gymnast

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ65658508 ↗
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André Jules Chatelain (31 March 1902 – 14 January 1968) was a French gymnast. He competed in seven events at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

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The public source identifies “André Chatelain” as french gymnast. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around André, Chatelain and French.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1902, 1968, 1928—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1902-03-31. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with André, Chatelain and French providing the first useful test.
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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 Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q65658508. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1902, 1968 and 1928.

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This entry incorporates text from “André Chatelain” 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.