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- ↑ "NAVA CANO, ANTONIO". Spanish Basketball Federation . Retrieved 26 April 2023.(in Spanish)
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Antonio Nava Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
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