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- ↑ "Robert Lips Hennigs". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ↑ "Globi the parrot, the Swiss "Mickey Mouse", turns 75". swissinfo.ch. 23 July 2007. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- ↑ "Robert Lips Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
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