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Frans de Vreng

Dutch racing cyclist

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 8, 2025
Entity authorityQ2109336 ↗
Source-derived summary

Franciscus "Frans" de Vreng (11 April 1898 in Amsterdam – 13 March 1974 in Amsterdam) was a track cyclist who represented the Netherlands at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. There he won the bronze medal in the 2,000m tandem competition, alongside Piet Ikelaar.

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The public source identifies “Frans de Vreng” as dutch racing cyclist. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Frans, Vreng and Dutch.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1898, 1974, 1920—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1898-04-11. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Frans, Vreng and Dutch providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 8, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q2109336. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1898, 1974 and 1920.

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This entry incorporates text from “Frans de Vreng” 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.