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Ronald Crawford (race walker)

Australian racewalker (1936-2018)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ7364767 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ronald John Crawford (26 March 1936 – 8 August 2018) was an Australian racewalker who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics, in the 1960 Summer Olympics, and in the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Ronald Crawford (race walker)” as australian racewalker (1936-2018). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

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—1936, 2018, 1956, 1960—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1936-03-26. The account is most persuasive where Ronald, Crawford and race can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as australian racewalker (1936-2018). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7364767. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1936, 2018, 1956 and 1960.

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Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. 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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This entry incorporates text from “Ronald Crawford (race walker)” 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.