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- ↑ "Julieta Franco, la nueva Leona" [Julieta Franco, the new Leona] (in Spanish). Salta Hockey. 2012-02-22. Archived from the original on 2012-12-30. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
- ↑ "16 Leonas for London". FIH. 2012-06-26. Retrieved 2012-10-23.
- ↑ "London 2012 - Women's Hockey". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
