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Marissa Janssens

Canadian water polo player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ23007677 ↗
Source-derived summary

Marissa Janssens (born 9 September 1988) is a water polo player from Canada.

She was a member of the Canada women's national water polo team at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, and at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships.

She played for Concordia University.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Marissa Janssens” as canadian water polo player. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Marissa, Janssens and Canadian.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1988, 2009, 2011—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1988-09-09. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Marissa, Janssens and Canadian providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Marissa Janssens”, the useful work is to connect “canadian water polo player” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q23007677. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1988, 2009 and 2011.

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This entry incorporates text from “Marissa Janssens” 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.