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Félix Roosemont

Belgian basketball player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 2, 2024
Entity authorityQ3755439 ↗
Source-derived summary

Félix Roosemont (born 14 May 1925) was a Belgian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Félix Roosemont” as belgian basketball player. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Félix, Roosemont and Belgian.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1925, 1952—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1925-05-14. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Félix, Roosemont and Belgian providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Félix Roosemont”, the useful work is to connect “belgian basketball player” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 2, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q3755439. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1925 and 1952.

Critical limits

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This entry incorporates text from “Félix Roosemont” 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.