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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox sportsperson Hilda May Binns (née Torok, later Longmate ; October 20, 1945–August 4, 2022 [1]) was a Canadian Paralympic athlete who competed in athletics and swimming events.[2][3]

Biography

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]

Honors

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 asteroid 28958 Binns, discovered by astronomers with the LINEAR program in 2001, was Шаблон:MoMP.[9]

References

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