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Klaus Weiß

German handball player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ827806 ↗
Source-derived summary

Klaus Weiß (20 November 1944 – 8 June 2000) was an East German former handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was born in Breslau. In 1972 he was part of the East German team which finished fourth in the Olympic tournament. He played four matches.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Klaus Weiß” as german handball player. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1944, 2000, 1972—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1944-11-20. The account is most persuasive where Klaus, Weiß and German can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as german handball player. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q827806. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1944, 2000 and 1972.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. 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

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Klaus Weiß”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Klaus Weiß primary sources, Klaus Weiß archive and Klaus 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 “Klaus Weiß”?
  2. How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
  3. Which primary records establish identity, chronology and institutional ties?
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This entry incorporates text from “Klaus Weiß” 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.