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Ferenc Steiner

cyclist

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 18, 2024
Entity authorityQ16067350 ↗
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Ferenc Steiner (16 September 1888 – 30 June 1967) was a Hungarian cyclist. He competed in the individual time trial event at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

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The public source identifies “Ferenc Steiner” as cyclist. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Ferenc, Steiner and cyclist.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1888, 1967, 1924—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1888. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Ferenc, Steiner and cyclist providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Ferenc Steiner” 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.