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- ↑ Hollings, Stephen (September 2021). "National champions athletes at major championships 1908–2021" (PDF). Retrieved 26 December 2021.
- ↑ Hollings, Stephen (October 2019). "National champions 1887–2019" (PDF). Athletics New Zealand. p. 33. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
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