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Arvo Ala-Pöntiö

Finnish weightlifter

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 15, 2025
Entity authorityQ5399984 ↗
Source-derived summary

Arvo Ala-Pöntiö (20 September 1942 – 7 October 1997) was a Finnish weightlifter. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Arvo Ala-Pöntiö” is finnish weightlifter. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Arvo, Ala-Pöntiö and Finnish, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1942, 1997, 1972, 1976—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1942-09-20. For this dossier, Arvo, Ala-Pöntiö and Finnish is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “finnish weightlifter” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

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 Feb 15, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q5399984. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1942, 1997, 1972 and 1976.

Critical limits

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 “Arvo Ala-Pöntiö” 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.