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- ↑ "2017 World Aquatics Championships. Search via Athletes". Budapest 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
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- ↑ "Sigrid Sepp". Hawaii Athletics. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ↑ "Sigrid Sepp - Women's Swimming & Diving". University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
