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- ↑ "Ricardo Montemayor". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ↑ "Ricardo Montemayor at Olympics.com". www.olympics.com. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
- ↑ "Ricardo Montemayor". UBC News. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
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