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- ↑ "Anne-Flore Marxer". Freerideworldtour.com. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ↑ "Anne-Flore Marxer: Swiss Pro Snowboarder". www.abc-of-snowboarding.com. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ↑ "Anne-Flore Marxer interview" (in Italian). www.4snowboard.it. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
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