Kathryn Mary Binns (born 13 January 1958) is a retired female long-distance runner from

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, who later was known as Kathryn Dickinson. She competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s in cross-country and distance races including the marathon and

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. Binns set her personal best (2:36:12) in the classic distance on 12 June 1982 in

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, defeating runner-up Carol Gould. She finished ninth at the 1980 World Cross Country Championships, also winning a silver medal in the team competition.

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