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Kurt Rötzer

Austrian long-distance runner (1921-1984)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ42803462 ↗
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Kurt Rötzer (7 June 1921 – 20 May 1984) was an Austrian long-distance runner. He competed in the men's 5000 metres at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Kurt Rötzer” as austrian long-distance runner (1921-1984). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1921, 1984, 1952—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1921-06-07. The account is most persuasive where Kurt, Rötzer and Austrian can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as austrian long-distance runner (1921-1984). 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 Jul 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q42803462. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1921, 1984 and 1952.

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This entry incorporates text from “Kurt Rötzer” 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.