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Tore Lindzén

Swedish water polo player (1914-2003)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 29, 2024
Entity authorityQ4430180
Source-derived summary

Tore Albert Lindzén (27 February 1914 – 23 January 2003) was a Swedish water polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Lindzén, born in Stockholm, was part of the Swedish team which finished seventh in the Water polo at the 1936 Summer Olympics, playing in three matches. He died in Kista on 23 January 2003.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Tore Lindzén” as swedish water polo player (1914-2003). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1914, 2003, 1936—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1914-02-27. The account is most persuasive where Tore, Lindzén and Swedish can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as swedish water polo player (1914-2003). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 29, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q4430180. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1914, 2003 and 1936.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. 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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  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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This entry incorporates text from Tore Lindzén” 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.