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References
- 2002 bobsleigh two-woman results
- 2006 bobsleigh two-woman results
- Damesbobslee.nl profile (in Dutch)
- FIBT profile
- FIBT World Championships 2007 two-woman results
- Sport1.nl profile [ permanent dead link ](in Dutch)
- Yahoo! Sports profile for the 2006 Winter Olympics at the Wayback Machine (archived October 15, 2012)
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