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- ↑ "Sailing at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Mixed One Person Dinghy". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ↑ "1998 World Championship – Portoroz, Slovenia". starclass.org. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ↑ "1999 World Championship - Punta Ala, Italy". starclass.org. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ↑ Boursicot, Jimmy. "Philippe et René Battaglia, une affaire de famille". codesport,fr. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
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