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Marta Prokofyeva

Soviet athlete

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ41246846 ↗
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Marta Nikolayevna Prokofyeva (Russian: Марта Николаевна Прокофьева; born 31 October 1987) is a Russian former Paralympic athlete who competed at international track and field competitions. She is a World and European champion in shot put and has competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics but did not medal.

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The public source identifies “Marta Prokofyeva” as soviet athlete. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Marta, Prokofyeva and Soviet.

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—1987, 2012—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1987-10-31, 1987-10-30—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Marta, Prokofyeva and Soviet providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q41246846. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1987 and 2012.

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This entry incorporates text from “Marta Prokofyeva” 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.