Template:Did you know nominations/René Heyde
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- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 00:23, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
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René Heyde
- ... that 14 months after taking up track cycling, René Heyde narrowly missed out being selected to the New Zealand team at the 1972 Summer Olympics?
- Source: Contemporary reporting in The Press: "The outcome of those trials — and even though Heyde crashed — was that four “certainties” and himself were named to compete finally at Wanganui. As five were to be nominated for Munich, it seemed certain Heyde would go on that trip. But as it happened, and because Heyde had crashed, N. R. Lyster was asked at the last minute to attend the Wanganui trials. Without riding, he was given the fifth place ahead of Heyde."
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/2024 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles
- Comment: There was some reporting about Heyde in today's newspaper. I looked him up and he had quite an interesting, if tragic, background.
Schwede66 10:14, 4 July 2024 (UTC).
General: Article is new enough and long enough |
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Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems |
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Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation |
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QPQ: Done. |
Overall: Everything looks good. Hook is interesting, sourced, and article passes copyvio checks. Hey man im josh (talk) 15:40, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
Once approved, please place this nomination in the Olympics: Special occasion holding area