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Þórunn Alfreðsdóttir

Icelandic swimmer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ28037343 ↗
Source-derived summary

Þórunn Alfreðsdóttir (born 21 December 1960) is an Icelandic former butterfly swimmer. She competed in two events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Þórunn Alfreðsdóttir” as icelandic swimmer. 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—1960, 1976—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1960-12-21. The account is most persuasive where Þórunn, Alfreðsdóttir and Icelandic 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 icelandic swimmer. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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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 Jul 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q28037343. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1960 and 1976.

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This entry incorporates text from “Þórunn Alfreðsdóttir” 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.