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Edmond Médécin

Monégasque athletics competitor (1898-1951)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ9250364 ↗
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Edmond Médécin (20 November 1898 – 16 February 1951) was a Monegasque sprinter. He competed in the men's 100 metres at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

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The public source identifies “Edmond Médécin” as monégasque athletics competitor (1898-1951). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Edmond, Médécin and Monégasque.

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—1898, 1951, 1920—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1898-11-20. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Edmond, Médécin and Monégasque providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Edmond Médécin” 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.