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- ↑ "Edgardo Zachrisson". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ↑ "Edgardo Zachrisson". Olympedia.org.
- ↑ "Sabías Qué: legado familiar en Juegos Olímpicos" [Did you know: family legacy in the Olympic Games]. Antorcha Deportiva (in Spanish). 15 May 2024.
- ↑ "El único deporte en el que Guatemala ha participado en todas sus apariciones de Juegos Olímpicos" [The only sport in which Guatemala has participated in all of its Olympic Games appearances]. Guatemala.com (in Spanish). 2020.
- ↑ Rebolorio, Ilsie (31 July 2024). "Las 3 medallas que ha tenido Guatemala en los olímpicos y los que han estado cerca" [The 3 medals that Guatemala has had in the Olympics and those who have been close]. Soy502.com (in Spanish).
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