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Jan Černohorský

Czech fencer (1898–1976)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ6150434 ↗
Source-derived summary

Jan Černohorský (25 November 1898 – 1 November 1976) was a Czechoslovak fencer. He competed at the 1920 and 1928 Summer Olympics.

Editorial summary

“Jan Černohorský” enters the record as czech fencer (1898–1976). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Černohorský, Czech and fencer can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1898, 1976, 1920, 1928—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1898-01-01, 1898-11-25—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Černohorský, Czech and fencer.
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Why this record matters

“Jan Černohorský” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Černohorský, Czech and fencer provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6150434. VIAF identifies the subject as 83686599. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 1 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1898, 1976, 1920 and 1928.

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This entry incorporates text from “Jan Černohorský” 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.