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Name: Wilma Rudolph
Birth Date: June 23, 1940
Death Date: November 12, 1994
Place of Birth: St. Bethlehem, Tennessee, United States
Place of Death: Brentwood, Tennessee, United States
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Female
Occupations: track and field athlete, sports manager, coach/scout

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Biography of Wilma Rudolph
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Wilma Rudolph (1940-1994) became the first American woman runner to win three gold medals in the Olympic games. Wilma Rudolph made history in the 1960 Summer Olympic games in Rome, Italy, when she became the first American woman to win three gold...


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Wilma Rudolph Information
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Wilma Glodean Rudolph (June 23, 1940 – November 12, 1994) was an American athlete, and in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, she became the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field during a single Olympic Games,...


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The Independent - London
Obituary: Wilma Rudolph
11/14/1994: 614 words, approx. 2 pages
Wilma Rudolph, athlete: born 23 June 1940; married (two sons, two daughters); died Nashville, Tennessee 12 November 1994. Wilma Rudolph overcame childhood scarlet fever and polio to win three gold medals at the 1960 Rome Olympic Games. Doctors had said Rudolph would never...
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Children's Digest
Wilma Rudolph.(champion runner)
06/01/1995: 1,003 words, approx. 3 pages
At the 1960 Summer Olympic Games in Rome, Italy, the United States relay team trailed the German team. Star sprinter Wilma Rudolph grasped the baton from her teammate and shot forward. Her long legs quickly shifted into a scissorslike forward motion. Arms pumping,...
 


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A Legend and a Hero
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This essay describes the struggles that Wilma Rudolph endured on her path to becoming one of the greatest track athletes.
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A Track Star
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This essay describes how Wilma Rudolph became a track super star.


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