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- ↑ "Mrs Dagmawit Girmay BERHANE - Ethiopian Olympic Committee, IOC Member since 2013". International Olympic Committee. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ↑ "Dagmawit Girmay Berhane". The International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- ↑ "Dagmawit Girmay Berhane". Olympedia. OLYMadMen. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
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