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Laura Podestà

Italian swimmer (1954–2022)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ27921703 ↗
Source-derived summary

Laura Podestà (21 April 1954 – 20 December 2022) was an Italian swimmer. She competed in three events at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Laura Podestà” as italian swimmer (1954–2022). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

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—1954, 2022, 1972—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1954-04-21. The account is most persuasive where Laura, Podestà and Italian can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as italian swimmer (1954–2022). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q27921703. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1954, 2022 and 1972.

Critical limits

The absence of detail may reflect summary conventions rather than a lack of surviving documentation. 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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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Laura Podestà” 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.