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Born | 26 December 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Track | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rider type | Sprinter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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She also competed at the 2015 Pan American Games. [3]
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