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- ↑ "Wagner da Silva International Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Wagner da Silva Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
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