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Tony Martin (rower)

American rower (1947-2005)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ47467521 ↗
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Tony Martin (September 3, 1947 – May 13, 2005) was an American rower. He competed in the men's coxed four event at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

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“Tony Martin (rower)” enters the record as american rower (1947-2005). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Tony, Martin and rower can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1947, 2005, 1968—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1947-09-03. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Tony, Martin and rower.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q47467521. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1947, 2005 and 1968.

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This entry incorporates text from “Tony Martin (rower)” 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.