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- ↑ Women's 800m Freestyle Results Archived 22 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Women's 200m Freestyle Results Archived 14 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Women's 400m Freestyle Results Archived 28 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Mixed's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Results Archived 28 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Full Results: European Junior Swimming Championships Antwerp, 4/ – 8/7/2012" (PDF). www2.len.eu. Ligue Européenne de Natation. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
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