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Egon Dyg

Danish canoeist (1928-2013)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 3, 2024
Entity authorityQ5348203 ↗
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Egon Dyg (5 February 1927 – 3 October 2013) was a Danish sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1950s. He finished ninth in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.

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The public source identifies “Egon Dyg” as danish canoeist (1928-2013). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Egon, Danish and canoeist.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1927, 2013, 1000, 1952—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1928-02-05. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Egon, Danish and canoeist 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 Dec 3, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q5348203. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1927, 2013, 1000 and 1952.

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This entry incorporates text from “Egon Dyg” 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.