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António Rodrigues

Portuguese athletics competitor (1905–1994)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 18, 2025
Entity authorityQ9158197 ↗
Source-derived summary

António Rodrigues (29 October 1905 – 17 July 1994) was a Portuguese sprinter. He competed in the men's 100 metres at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “António Rodrigues” as portuguese athletics competitor (1905–1994). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around António, Rodrigues and Portuguese.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1905, 1994, 1932—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1905-10-29, 1905-10-27—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with António, Rodrigues and Portuguese 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 Oct 18, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q9158197. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1905, 1994 and 1932.

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This entry incorporates text from “António Rodrigues” 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.