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Jana Fesslová

Czech swimmer, discus thrower, floorball player, handballer, shot-putter, javelin thrower and paralympist

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ6150502 ↗
Source-derived summary

Jana Fesslová (born 13 November 1976 in Ústí nad Labem) is a Paralympian athlete from Czech Republic competing mainly in category F54-56 discus throw events.

Biography

She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a bronze medal in the women's F54-56 discus throw event.

She was investigated by the Czech Police for financial fraud.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Jana Fesslová” as czech swimmer, discus thrower, floorball player, handballer, shot-putter, javelin thrower and paralympist. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1976, 2008—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1976-11-13. The account is most persuasive where Jana, Fesslová and Czech can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as czech swimmer, discus thrower, floorball player, handballer, shot-putter, javelin thrower and paralympist. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6150502. VIAF identifies the subject as 84253974. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1976 and 2008.

Critical limits

Later biographies can compress uncertainty and repeat inherited reputations, so apparently settled claims may still require comparison. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Jana Fesslová”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Jana Fesslová primary sources, Jana Fesslová archive and Jana research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Jana Fesslová”?
  2. Which primary records establish identity, chronology and institutional ties?
  3. How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
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This entry incorporates text from “Jana Fesslová” 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.