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- ↑ Shannon, Kris (20 November 2014). "The young sports stars we think will be bagging gold for NZ" . Retrieved 7 August 2016– via New Zealand Herald.
- ↑ "Gemma Jones – Yachting New Zealand". Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
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