Hamida Banu (1959 or 1960 – 7 December 2024) was an Indian

athlete An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including track ...

. She won a silver medal in 4 × 400 m relay in the

1982 Asian Games The 9th Asian Games (), also known as Delhi 1982 (), were held from 19 November to 4 December 1982, in Delhi, India. 74 Asian and Asian Games records were broken at the event. This was also the first Asiad to be held under the aegis of the Olymp ...

. Banu died at a hospital in

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, on 7 December 2024, at the age of 64.

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20th-century births Year of birth uncertain 2024 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Asian Games Asian Games athletes for India Asian Games silver medalists for India Indian female sprinters Asian Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Asian Athletics Championships medalists {{India-athletics-bio-stub