CACrown ArchivesThe cinema collection
EN/FR
Search
Menu
Research dossier · General Reference

Jéhan Le Roy

Olympic equestrian of France (1923–1992)

Cross-disciplinary reference desk with index cards, atlas, dictionary and catalogue
General referenceInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ3190674 ↗
Source-derived summary

Jéhan Le Roy (5 November 1923 – 17 August 1992) was a French equestrian, born in Dieppe. He won a bronze medal in team eventing (also known as horse trials) at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, together with Guy Lefrant and Jack le Goff.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Jéhan Le Roy” is olympic equestrian of France (1923–1992). The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Jéhan, Olympic and equestrian, not as a finished interpretation.

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—1923, 1992, 1960—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1923-11-05. For this dossier, Jéhan, Olympic and equestrian is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “olympic equestrian of France (1923–1992)” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

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 Jun 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3190674. VIAF identifies the subject as 53422514. The Library of Congress control number is n96098459. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1923, 1992 and 1960.

Critical limits

The absence of detail may reflect summary conventions rather than a lack of surviving documentation. 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

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

Best used for
  • Subject orientation
  • Search vocabulary
  • Locating named sources
Verify next

The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Jéhan Le Roy”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Jéhan Le Roy primary sources, Jéhan Le Roy archive and Jéhan 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 “Jéhan Le Roy”?
  2. What terminology or title could unlock a more precise catalogue search?
  3. Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
Subject index

Search terms from this dossier

Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Jéhan Le Roy” 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.