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| Born | 7 December 1965 | ||||||||||
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| Country |  Australia | ||||||||||
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Deborah Bassett (born 7 December 1965) [1] is an Australian rower.
Bassett competed at the 1986 Commonwealth Games where she won a gold medal in the eights event and a silver medal in the coxed four event. [2]
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