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- ↑ "IPC Historical Results Archive". db.ipc-services.org. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
- ↑ "Paralympic Games 1968 Tel Aviv" (PDF).
- ↑ "Heidelberg 1972 - athletics - womens-pentathlon-4". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-07-19.