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Ruth Spelmeyer

German athletics competitor (1990-)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 29, 2026
Entity authorityQ24585049 ↗
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Ruth Sophia Spelmeyer (born 19 September 1990) is a German sprinter. She competed in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2016 European Athletics Championships. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's 400 metre event and the women's 4 x 400 metre relay.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1990, 2016—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1990-09-19, 1990—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. The account is most persuasive where Ruth, Spelmeyer and German can be independently traced.
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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 Jun 29, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q24585049. VIAF identifies the subject as 1182154501938439210001. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 1 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1990 and 2016.

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This entry incorporates text from “Ruth Spelmeyer” 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.