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- ↑ "ATHLETES & RESULTS - Alexander M. Leckie". www.thecgf.com. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ↑ Doug, Gillon. "'I cashed in my life savings and my mother sewed on the badge'". www.heraldscotland.com. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ↑ "British Champions" (PDF). British Fencing. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ↑ "The University of Glasgow Story - Alexander Leckie". www.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
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