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Josef Čipera

Czech fencer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ6280286 ↗
Source-derived summary

Josef Čipera (born 12 January 1888, date of death unknown) was a Bohemian fencer. He competed for Bohemia in the team sabre event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Josef Čipera” as czech fencer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Josef, Čipera and Czech.

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—1888, 1912—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1888-01-12. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Josef, Čipera and Czech 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 Jul 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6280286. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1888 and 1912.

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This entry incorporates text from “Josef Čipera” 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.