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- 1 2 3 Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Toni Hewitt. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games, Women's 100 metres Butterfly Final. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games, Women's 200 metres Butterfly Final. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
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