Hilda Binns
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Nationality | Canadian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | 20 October 1945|||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hilda May Binns (née Torok; 20 October 1945) is a Canadian former Paralympic athlete who competed in athletics and swimming events.[1][2]
Biography[]
Binns was born in Hamilton, Ontario In 1945 and contracted polio in 1955.[3] Her father built her an exercise bike to help her rehabilitation.[4]
Binns won two gold medals at the 1968 Summer Paralympics, held in Tel Aviv.[5]
She was a founder of Steel City Wheelers, and involved with the Hamilton Post Polio Association and the Hamilton Handicapped Club.[6]
Hilda May Torok married fellow polio survivor and athlete David Binns by 1973.[4]
Honors[]
She was inducted into the Hamilton Gallery of Distinction in 2018,[6] and into the Hamilton Sports Hall of Fame in 2019.[7] On 14 May 2021, Jovian asteroid 28958 Binns, discovered by astronomers with the LINEAR program in 2001, was named in her honor.[8]
References[]
- ^ "Binns, Hilda May". HPL. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Opinion | Scott Radley: How a falling-off bathing suit led to a spot in the hall of fame". The Hamilton Spectator. 16 October 2019. ISSN 1189-9417. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Binns, Hilda May (1945–)". Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Wheelers Spin Gold". Times Colonist. 7 July 1973. p. 25. Retrieved 22 July 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Hilda Wins More Gold for Canada". The Vancouver Sun. 12 November 1968. p. 30. Retrieved 22 July 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Hilda May Binns". Hamilton Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Urciuoli, Anthony (24 July 2019). "Hamilton Sports Hall of Fame announces class of 2019". Global News. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group Small Body Nomenclature. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021. (Bulletin #1)
- 1945 births
- Living people
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in swimming
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Paralympic gold medalists for Canada
- Paralympic silver medalists for Canada
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Canada
- Athletes from Hamilton, Ontario
- Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic swimmers of Canada
- Paralympic track and field athletes of Canada