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Lyudmila Chernova

Soviet-Russian sprinter

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 17, 2025
Entity authorityQ4513838 ↗
Source-derived summary

Lyudmila Chernova (born 30 November 1955) is a Russian sprinter. She competed in the women's 400 metres at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Lyudmila Chernova” as soviet-Russian sprinter. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Lyudmila, Chernova and Soviet-Russian.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1955, 1980—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1955-11-30. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Lyudmila, Chernova and Soviet-Russian providing the first useful test.
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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 Oct 17, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q4513838. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1955 and 1980.

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This entry incorporates text from “Lyudmila Chernova” 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.