“I don't think I would have been successful if I had not been crippled. My desires, my drives, all came from that.”

About Wilma Rudolph

Athlete • American

Wilma Rudolph was an American sprinter who became a world-record-holding Olympic champion and international sports icon in track and field. Rudolph overcame childhood polio and scarlet fever to win three gold medals at...

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