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- ↑ "Olympic dreams, college and a life fulfilled". communique.uccs.
- ↑ "JUDO OLYMPIAN AND HOME ALONE ACTOR HILLARY WOLF COULDN'T STOP JUDO". judoinside.com.
- ↑ "A ChucksConnection Film Review Hillary Wolf wears black high top Converse "Chuck Taylor" All Stars in the film. Dan Futterman wears unbleached white high top Converse "Chuck Taylor" All Stars in the film. Big Girls Don't Cry. . . They Get Even by Hal Peterson". chucksconnection.com.
- ↑ "'I Was in 'Home Alone' 1 and 2, Then I Became an Olympian'". newsweek.com.
- ↑ "Hillary Wolf - Olympic profile". olympics.com.
- ↑ "After 'Home Alone' movies, Colorado Springs woman went from child actor to Olympian". gazette.com.
- ↑ 1996 U.S. Olympic Judo Team, archived from the original on 2014-06-26, retrieved 2011-07-30
- ↑ "Married Olympians Discuss Their Journey (Wrestling & Judo) - Chris Saba & Hillary ( Wolf ) Saba". youtube.com.
- ↑ "Surprised Chris for his 50th birthday with a weekend in the mountains with great friends. His gift, a guided Flyfishing float trip down the Gunnison with his buddies. Also, celebrated our 18th wedding anniversary. So much to celebrate and be grateful for ♥️ Love you honey, you really are the best! I met you 26 years ago and I still love you to death 🥰". facebook.com.
- ↑ "Married this beautiful girl 20 years ago today! So thankful for the family and memories we have as well as whats to come. Couldn't ask to be in a better place. Love you now and forever Hillary". facebook.com.
- ↑ "Another great wrestling season in the books! The State Tournament this weekend was a battle, but our boys came out the other end with a 3rd place (Dylan) and 6th place (Michael) finish". facebook.com.
- ↑ "I woke up today thinking about how both of my sons could have won that one match they lost yesterday in the last few seconds. Went to the gym going over in my head what drills and techniques they had to work on next week in practice to make this happen. Finished my workout and headed to the sauna which is right next to the pool at my gym. In the shallow end was a dad of about my age helping his son who had Down Syndrome exercise in the water. Stopped me in my tracks! #perspective…..thankful for my beautiful family and children!". facebook.com.
- ↑ "24 yrs ago "Home Alone" actress competed in the Olympics in Judo". bjjee.com.
- ↑ "Rocky Mountain Wrestling Club, Inc". allbiz.com.
