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- ↑ "IAAF World Junior Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
- ↑ "Athletics Javelin Throw - Men Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ↑ "Athletics Javelin Throw - Men Victoria 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- 1 2 Mark Roberson at World Athletics
- ↑ "AAA and National Championships Medallists". NUTS.
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