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References
- ↑ Toronto 2015 Pan Am Profile
- ↑ Canadian Olympic Committee profile
- 1 2 "Canadian Radial sailor Bowskill lands Olympic spot". Sailing Scuttlebutt. Inbox Communications, Inc. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
