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László Decker

Hungarian rower (1923-1998)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 4, 2024
Entity authorityQ56036389 ↗
Source-derived summary

László Decker (12 March 1923 – 19 May 1998) was a Hungarian rower. He competed in the men's coxless four event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “László Decker” is hungarian rower (1923-1998). The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through László, Decker and Hungarian, not as a finished interpretation.

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—1923, 1998, 1952—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1923-01-01. For this dossier, László, Decker and Hungarian is the immediate research focus.
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The phrase “hungarian rower (1923-1998)” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 4, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q56036389. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1923, 1998 and 1952.

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This entry incorporates text from “László Decker” 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.