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- ↑ "Nicholas Cleaver Freestyle Skiing". Australian Olympic Committee . Retrieved 23 July 2009.
- ↑ The Compendium: Official Australian Olympic Statistics 1896–2002. Australian Olympic Committee. pp. 215–227. ISBN 0-7022-3425-7.
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