Hilda Binns
Canadian retired Paralympic athlete
About Hilda Binns
Lived 1945 – 2022 (aged 76–77). Hilda Binns was a Canadian.
Hilda May Binns (née Torok, later Longmate; October 20, 1945 – August 4, 2022 ) was a Canadian Paralympic athlete who competed in athletics and swimming events.
Biography Binns was born in Hamilton, Ontario In 1945 and contracted polio in 1955. Her father built her an exercise bike to help her rehabilitation.
Binns won two gold medals at the 1968 Summer Paralympics, held in Tel Aviv.
She was a founder of Steel City Wheelers, and involved with the Hamilton Post Polio Association and the Hamilton Handicapped Club. and into the Hamilton Sports Hall of Fame in 2019. On 14 May 2021, Jovian asteroid 28958 Binns, discovered by astronomers with the LINEAR program in 2001, was .
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Who was Hilda Binns?
Canadian retired Paralympic athlete
When was Hilda Binns born?
Hilda Binns was born on 20 October 1945 in Hamilton.
When did Hilda Binns die?
Hilda Binns died in 2022.
What nationality was Hilda Binns?
Hilda Binns was Canadian.
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