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Stoyan Popov

sport shooter

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ16607031 ↗
Source-derived summary

Stoyan Popov (Bulgarian: Стоян Попов, born 25 July 1917, date of death unknown) was a Bulgarian sports shooter. He competed in the 50 m pistol event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Stoyan Popov” as sport shooter. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Stoyan, Popov and sport.

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—1917, 1952—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1917-07-25. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Stoyan, Popov and sport providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Stoyan Popov”, the useful work is to connect “sport shooter” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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 Jun 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16607031. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1917 and 1952.

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This entry incorporates text from “Stoyan Popov” 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.