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- ↑ "Jamie Hunt". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ↑ "Penny Hunt : New Zealand Olympian : 281". Olympic.org.nz. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ↑ "Sailing: Same goal, new tack for Hunt". Olympic.org.nz. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
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