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References
- ↑ Official Olympic Report 1932
- ↑ "Speed Skating at the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Games: Women's 1,000 metres". Olympics at Sports-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06.
- ↑ "Speed Skating at the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Games: Women's 500 metres". Olympics at Sports-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2018-01-25.
- ↑ "Women's speed skating makes Games debut". International Olympic Committee. October 23, 2017.
- ↑ "Speed Skating at the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Games: Women's 1,500 metres". Olympics at Sports-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2018-01-25.
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