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- ↑ "Fiorini Forli adds Beatrice Ricchi for 2017 Season « Mister Baseball" . Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ↑ "E' un oro che fa Ricchi. L'esterno di Forlì rivive il trionfo agli Europei". Piazzale della Vittoria (in Italian). 2019-07-14. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ↑ "BEATRICE RICCHI". tokyo2020.coni.it. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ↑ "Softball, Beatrice Ricchi, una Tripla Corona tira l'altra". www.corriereromagna.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ↑ "Beatrice Ricchi e il suo sogno a Cinque Cerchi". Il Ponte (in Italian). 2019-08-23. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
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