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- ↑ "Athlete Profile: Levente Andrei BARTHA - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games". www.pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 20 April 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ↑ Leventhe Bartha. World Athletics. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
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