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Radek Meidl

Czech ice hockey player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ18012093 ↗
Source-derived summary

Radek Meidl (born November 25, 1988) is a Czech professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing for Leeds Chiefs of the National Ice Hockey League (NIHL).

Meidl made his Czech Extraliga debut playing with HC Oceláři Třinec during the 2015-16 Czech Extraliga season.

He is the younger brother of Václav Meidl.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Radek Meidl” as czech ice hockey player. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Radek, Meidl and Czech.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1988, 2015—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1988-11-25. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Radek, Meidl and Czech 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 “Radek Meidl”, the useful work is to connect “czech ice hockey player” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q18012093. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1988 and 2015.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. 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.

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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  2. Expand the search: follow Radek Meidl primary sources, Radek Meidl archive and Radek research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  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 “Radek Meidl” 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.