Khamica Bingham (born June 15, 1994) is a Canadian track and field athlete who specialises in the 100 metres. She has represented Canada at the Pan American Games, Commonwealth Games and the World Championships in Athletics.
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| Born | June 15, 1994 North York, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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Bingham was born on June 15, 1994, in North York, Ontario.[1] As a high schooler, she attended Heart Lake Secondary School.[2] Originally a national-level gymnast, she switched to track due to the financial burden to her family of staying in her first sport.[3]
In July 2012 she competed in the 100m at 14th IAAF World Junior Championships, placing 4th. She became part of the national record women's 4 × 100 m relay team along with Kimberly Hyacinthe, Crystal Emmanuel and Shai-Anne Davis.[4][5][6]
In July 2016 she was officially named to Canada's Olympic team.[7]
She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Khamica Bingham". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
- ^ "Bingham sprints to OFSAA record". The Brampton Guardian. Brampton ON. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Talking with one of Canada's fastest runners: Khamica Bingham". 4 May 2016.
- ^ "Canada's Rio-bound women sprinters giving men a run for their money". The Chronicle-Journal. Thunder Bay, Ontario. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
- ^ "World Championship finalist Khamica Bingham to race at AC Indoor Open". Archived from the original on 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
- ^ York U sprinter Khamica Bingham hopes to compete at Pan Am Games
- ^ Hossain, Asif (11 July 2016). "Athletics Canada nominates largest squad to Team Canada for Rio". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ^ "Athletics BINGHAM Khamica". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-28. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
External links
edit- Khamica Bingham at Athletics Canada
- Khamica Bingham at World Athletics
- Khamica Bingham at Diamond League
- Khamica Bingham at Athletics Canada
- Khamica Bingham at Olympics.com
- Khamica Bingham at Olympedia
- Khamica Bingham Profile at All-Athletics.com Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
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