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References
- ↑ BWF Profile
- ↑ Dormer, Dave (30 June 2016). "Canada Open at Winsport an Olympic warm-up for Martin Giuffre". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ↑ Wallace, Camille (23 July 2016). "Li and Giuffre selected to represent Canada in Badminton at Rio 2016". Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved 23 July 2016.
- ↑ Canada’s #1 Martin Giuffre looks east and west as he heads to Rio
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