Debbie the sportswoman was the world's fourth best in the pentathlon in 1976, the year she retired from athletics

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Debbie the sportswoman was the world's fourth best in the pentathlon in 1976, the year she retired from athletics

Date6/20/1978

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Bezant, Graham (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Van Kiekebelt, Debbie, 1954- (subject)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Debbie the sportswoman was the world's fourth best in the pentathlon in 1976, the year she retired from athletics.

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0087443F

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