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- ↑ "Hélène Delmée Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
- ↑ Profile Archived 2012-07-31 at the Wayback Machine
