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Iris Fernández

Argentine distance runner (born 1946)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ133852349 ↗
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Nilda Iris Fernández (born 21 August 1946) is a retired Argentine middle-distance runner. She won several medals at continental level. In 1979, she became the first Argentine woman to compete in the marathon. She also held several national records.

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The public source identifies “Iris Fernández” as argentine distance runner (born 1946). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Iris, Fernández and Argentine.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1946, 1979—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1946-08-21. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Iris, Fernández and Argentine providing the first useful test.
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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q133852349. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1946 and 1979.

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This entry incorporates text from “Iris Fernández” 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.