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Of course there are other references by him for that supposition?

There is not writings that support Mary as sinful by Blessed Athanasius

Prayer by St. Athanasius

"It is becoming for you, O Mary, to be mindful of us, as you stand near him who bestowed upon you all graces, for you are the Mother of God and our Queen. Come to our aid for the sake of the King, the Lord God and Master who was born of you. For this reason you are called “full of grace.” Be mindful of us, most holy Virgin, and bestow on us gifts from the riches of your graces, O Virgin full of grace."

“Of course there are other references by him for that supposition?

There is not writings that support Mary as sinful by Blessed Athanasius”

But there is scripture that says she was born to sin like all of us, however good she may have been as a person.

“All have sinned, and come short of the Glory of God.”
All means....well, all. I don’t care what a Catholic ‘saint’ says. What the Lord says is true.

There is not writings that support Mary as sinful by Blessed Athanasius

So absent a statement of Mary being a sinner, one concludes that he believed her sinless? Did Athanasius affirm this:

Hebrews 4:14-16

14 Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Or this:

Romans 3:22-24

22 even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all[a] who believe. For there is no difference; 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

Considering the type of man he was, one wonders how one so scholarly could affirm the above and then not wonder where the verse concerning Mary's sinlessness can be found. And if believed sinless, why not as an article of the catholic faith of which he wrote so forcefully. Perhaps Athanasius recognized the Incarnation for what is was: God's mighty act, not God's with Mary's help.