Wilma Rudolph
- Wilma Rudolph was a U.S. sprinter.
- She became the first American woman to win three track-and-field gold medals in a single Olympics.
- She was a sickly child who wore orthopedic shoes until she was 11.
- She matured into an excellent basketball player and sprinter in high school and at Tennessee State University.
- At the 1960 Olympics in Rome, she won the 100-m and 200-m dashes and was a member of the winning 4 × 100-m relay team.
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