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- ↑ "Aisha Rocek All Results". worldrowing.com. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ↑ "Rowing ROCEK Aisha - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ↑ “OGNI GIORNO È UN’OPPORTUNITÀ IN PIÙ PER MIGLIORARSI”: AISHA ROCEK, April 15, 2020
- ↑ Canottieri Lario Rocek è Carabiniere, December 21, 2017
