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- ↑ "Women's Results" (PDF). 4 August 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- ↑ "Gibson-Byrne top GBR goalscorer in Budapest". British Swimming. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
