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| Born | (1945-10-20)20 October 1945 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | August 4, 2022(2022-08-04) (aged 76) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hilda May Binns (néeTorok, laterLongmate; October 20, 1945 – August 4, 2022[1]) was a CanadianParalympic athlete who competed in athletics and swimming events.[2][3]
Binns was born in Hamilton, Ontario In 1945 and contracted polio in 1955.[4] Her father built her an exercise bike to help her rehabilitation.[5]
Binns won two gold medals at the 1968 Summer Paralympics, held in Tel Aviv.[6]
She was a founder of Steel City Wheelers, and involved with the Hamilton Post Polio Association and the Hamilton Handicapped Club.[7]
Hilda May Torok married fellow polio survivor and athlete David Binns by 1973.[5]
She was inducted into the Hamilton Gallery of Distinction in 2018,[7] and into the Hamilton Sports Hall of Fame in 2019.[8] On 14 May 2021, Jovian asteroid28958 Binns, discovered by astronomers with theLINEAR program in 2001, wasnamed in her honor.[9]
