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- ↑ Hungarian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
- ↑ Hungarian Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
- ↑ Zsuzsa Vanyek. Track and Field Statistics. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
- ↑ Zsuzsa Vanyek. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
