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Hans Wedemann

German canoeist

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 21, 2025
Entity authorityQ5650819 ↗
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Hans Wedemann (June 25, 1912 – May 31, 1989) was a German canoeist, born in Hamburg, who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936, he finished fourth together with his partner Heinrich Sack in the C-2 1000 metre event.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Hans Wedemann” as german canoeist. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1912, 1989, 1936, 1000—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1912-06-25. The account is most persuasive where Hans, Wedemann and German can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as german canoeist. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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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 Jul 21, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q5650819. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1912, 1989, 1936 and 1000.

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This entry incorporates text from “Hans Wedemann” 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.