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- ↑ International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. "Ivan Osiier". jewishsports.net. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ↑ Findling, John E.; Pelle, Kimberly D. (2004). Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement. Westport: Greenwood Press. p. 172.
- ↑ Mallon, Bill; Heijmans, Jeroen (2015). Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement (5 ed.). Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 423.
- ↑ Olympic Charter 1983. Comite International Olympique. 1983. pp. 142–143.