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- ↑ Welte, Helmut (2011), Radball Weltmeister - ein Traum wurde wahr [Cycle Ball World Champion - a dream came true] (in German), Vol.at, retrieved 13 March 2023
- ↑ Cycle-ball: race to fitness for Patrick Schnetzer, UCI, 2022, retrieved 13 March 2023
- ↑ Patrick Schnetzer vor Heimweltcup: „Die Turniere haben uns extrem gefehlt“ [Patrick Schnetzer ahead of the home World Cup: "We really missed the tournaments"] (in German), Cycling Austria, 2021, retrieved 13 March 2023
- ↑ PEOPLE AT ALPLA: INTERVIEW WITH PATRICK SCHNETZER, ALPLA, 2022, retrieved 13 March 2023
- ↑ Indoor Cycling: Flavia Zuber and Patrick Schnetzer review 2017, UCI, 2017, retrieved 13 March 2023
- ↑ Messi auf Rädern: Warum Österreichs Radballer Weltklasse sind [Messi on wheels: Why Austria's cyclists are world class] (in German), Kurier, 2022, retrieved 13 March 2023
- ↑ Radball-Weltcup an Patrick Schnetzer und Stefan Feurstein [Cycle Ball World Cup to Patrick Schnetzer and Stefan Feurstein] (in German), MeinBezirk, 2022, retrieved 13 March 2023
- ↑ Welte, Helmet (2011), Patrick Schnetzer erhielt goldenes Verdienstzeichen ! [Patrick Schnetzer received golden medal of merit!] (in German), Vol.at, retrieved 13 March 2023
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