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- 1 2 Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Diane Giebel Archived 2020-04-18 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved October 21, 2012.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games, Women's 200 metres Butterfly Final Archived 2020-04-17 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved August 1, 2014.
- ↑ RowanAthletics.com, RU-GSC Athletic Hall of Fame, Diane Giebel. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
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