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Karl Pregl

Austrian ice hockey player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ60059556 ↗
Source-derived summary

Karl Pregl (born 7 May 1944) is an Austrian ice hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Karl Pregl” as austrian ice hockey player. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Karl, Pregl and Austrian.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1944, 1968—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1944-05-07. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Karl, Pregl and Austrian providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Karl Pregl”, the useful work is to connect “austrian ice hockey player” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q60059556. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1944 and 1968.

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This entry incorporates text from “Karl Pregl” 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.