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- ↑ "Isabella Bertold sails toward a Canadian first >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News". 16 June 2014.
- ↑ "InstaFund Racing". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ↑ "Sailor Biography".
- ↑ "Isabella Bertold: 2013 Female Athlete of the Year >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News". 17 February 2014.
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- ↑ "Rank Progression".
