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Jean Cipollina

Italian rower

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 29, 2026
Entity authorityQ47470195 ↗
Source-derived summary

Jean Cipollina (20 June 1903 – 3 May 1981) was an Italian rower. He competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris with the men's coxed four where they came fourth.

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The public source identifies “Jean Cipollina” as italian rower. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Jean, Cipollina and Italian.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1903, 1981, 1924—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1903. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Jean, Cipollina and Italian providing the first useful test.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 29, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q47470195. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1903, 1981 and 1924.

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This entry incorporates text from “Jean Cipollina” 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.