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Livio Wenger

Swiss speed skater and inline speed skater

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ21191330 ↗
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Livio Wenger (born 20 January 1993) is a Swiss long track speed skater and inline speed skater. In 2017, he competed in World Games 2017 in Wrocław, Poland where he won a silver medal in the 10k track points-elimination. At the 2018 Winter Olympics he competed in the 1500 metres, 5000 metres and in the Mass start where he finished fourth.

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The public source identifies “Livio Wenger” as swiss speed skater and inline speed skater. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Livio, Wenger and Swiss.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1993, 2017, 2018, 1500—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1993-01-20. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Livio, Wenger and Swiss providing the first useful test.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q21191330. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1993, 2017, 2018 and 1500.

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This entry incorporates text from “Livio Wenger” 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.