Vladimir Krutov
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Olympic gold medalist
Olympic silver medalist
Soviet athlete
ice hockey player
member of the KLM line
Vladimir Krutov was a legendary Soviet ice hockey forward, best known as a member of the dominant "KLM" line and one of the sport’s most feared scorers during the 1980s.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vladimir Krutov canonical | 5 |
| Vladimir Yevgenyevich Krutov | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3032831 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vladimir Krutov Context triple: [Soviet Union national ice hockey team, famousPlayer, Vladimir Krutov]
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A.
Viacheslav Fetisov
Viacheslav Fetisov is a legendary Russian ice hockey defenseman and two-time Olympic gold medalist who became one of the first Soviet stars to have a major impact in the NHL.
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B.
Sergei Zubov
Sergei Zubov is a Russian former NHL defenseman renowned for his elite puck-moving skills and key role in the Dallas Stars’ 1999 Stanley Cup championship.
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C.
Igor Larionov
Igor Larionov is a legendary Russian center and three-time Stanley Cup champion, renowned for his playmaking brilliance and key role on the dominant Soviet "KLM" line.
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D.
Valeri Kharlamov
Valeri Kharlamov was a legendary Soviet ice hockey forward, widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the sport’s history and a key star of the USSR national team in the 1970s.
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E.
Vladislav Tretiak
Vladislav Tretiak is a legendary Soviet ice hockey goaltender widely regarded as one of the greatest in the sport’s history.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vladimir Krutov Target entity description: Vladimir Krutov was a legendary Soviet ice hockey forward, best known as a member of the dominant "KLM" line and one of the sport’s most feared scorers during the 1980s.
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A.
Viacheslav Fetisov
Viacheslav Fetisov is a legendary Russian ice hockey defenseman and two-time Olympic gold medalist who became one of the first Soviet stars to have a major impact in the NHL.
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B.
Sergei Zubov
Sergei Zubov is a Russian former NHL defenseman renowned for his elite puck-moving skills and key role in the Dallas Stars’ 1999 Stanley Cup championship.
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C.
Igor Larionov
Igor Larionov is a legendary Russian center and three-time Stanley Cup champion, renowned for his playmaking brilliance and key role on the dominant Soviet "KLM" line.
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D.
Valeri Kharlamov
Valeri Kharlamov was a legendary Soviet ice hockey forward, widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the sport’s history and a key star of the USSR national team in the 1970s.
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E.
Vladislav Tretiak
Vladislav Tretiak is a legendary Soviet ice hockey goaltender widely regarded as one of the greatest in the sport’s history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Olympic gold medalist
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Olympic silver medalist ⓘ Soviet athlete ⓘ ice hockey player ⓘ member of the KLM line ⓘ |
| careerEnd | 1996 ⓘ |
| careerStart | 1977 ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | internal bleeding ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Russia
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| coached |
Russian national junior ice hockey team
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian junior national teams
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| countryOfBirth | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Russia ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1960-06-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2012-06-06 ⓘ |
| draftedBy | Vancouver Canucks ⓘ |
| draftPosition | 238th overall ⓘ |
| draftYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| familyName | Krutov ⓘ |
| fullName |
Vladimir Krutov
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Vladimir Yevgenyevich Krutov
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| givenName | Vladimir ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInduction | IIHF Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInductionYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| height |
173 cm
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5 ft 8 in ⓘ |
| leagueParticipatedIn |
Japan Ice Hockey Federation
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surface form:
Japan Ice Hockey League
National Hockey League ⓘ Soviet Championship League ⓘ Swiss National League ⓘ
surface form:
Swiss National League A
|
| memberOfSportsTeam |
CSKA Moscow
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surface form:
HC CSKA Moscow
Oji Eagles ⓘ Soviet Union national ice hockey team ⓘ Vancouver Canucks ⓘ Zürcher SC ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the most feared scorers in 1980s international ice hockey
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playing on the legendary KLM line with Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov ⓘ |
| occupation | ice hockey coach ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
1980 Winter Olympics
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1984 Winter Olympics ⓘ 1988 Winter Olympics ⓘ 1981 Canada Cup ⓘ
surface form:
Canada Cup 1981
1984 Canada Cup ⓘ
surface form:
Canada Cup 1984
1987 Canada Cup ⓘ
surface form:
Canada Cup 1987
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| partOf | KLM line ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Moscow ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Moscow ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | left wing ⓘ |
| shoots | left ⓘ |
| sport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| teammate |
Igor Larionov
ⓘ
Sergei Makarov ⓘ |
| weight |
200 lb
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91 kg ⓘ |
| won |
IIHF World Championship 1981
ⓘ
IIHF World Championship 1982 ⓘ IIHF World Championship 1983 ⓘ IIHF World Championship 1986 ⓘ 1989 IIHF World Championship ⓘ
surface form:
IIHF World Championship 1989
gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics in ice hockey ⓘ gold medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics in ice hockey ⓘ silver medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics in ice hockey ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Vladimir Krutov Description of subject: Vladimir Krutov was a legendary Soviet ice hockey forward, best known as a member of the dominant "KLM" line and one of the sport’s most feared scorers during the 1980s.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Vladimir Yevgenyevich Krutov