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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ "1991 World Championships". figure-skating-corner.com.
- ↑ "1992 ISU Championships". skating.bplaced.com.[ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ "Dr. Daria-Larissa Maritczak". praxisplan.at. Retrieved 16 June 2017.