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1524:1991 births
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1411:Laura Sugar
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1357:Laura Sugar
1303:Helene Ripa
998:"No. 63571"
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567:Laura Sugar
454:2019 PoznaΕ
435:2022 Munich
407:2019 Szeged
386:2024 Szeged
128:(athletics)
40:Nationality
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1463:Categories
743:References
706:Paul Blake
295:2024 Paris
274:2020 Tokyo
183:Tokyo 2020
167:(national)
165:Paula Dunn
159:Coached by
113:congenital
110:Disability
54:1991-02-07
1022:BBC Sport
687:long jump
677:, in the
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