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Jesper Tørring

Danish athletics competitor

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 29, 2026
Entity authorityQ1368476 ↗
Source-derived summary

Jesper Tørring (born 27 September 1947 in Randers) is a Danish former athlete who competed in 110 metres hurdles and long jump at the 1972 Summer Olympics and in high jump at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Jesper Tørring” as danish athletics competitor. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

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—1947, 1972, 1976—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1947-09-27. The account is most persuasive where Jesper, Tørring and Danish can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as danish athletics competitor. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 29, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1368476. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1947, 1972 and 1976.

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This entry incorporates text from “Jesper Tørring” 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.