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Wilma Rudolph
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American athlete (1940–1994)
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Wilma Rudolph (1940–1994) was an American sprinter who represented the United States in athletics. Born in Clarksville, Tennessee, she was an African American woman who attended Tennessee State University. Rudolph competed in the women's 100 metres, 200 metres, and 4 × 100 metres relay events at the 1960 Summer Olympics, as well as the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics. She had a medical condition of poliomyelitis.
Rudolph received the James E. Sullivan Award, the Associated Press Athlete of the Year, and induction into the National Women's Hall of Fame. She died in Brentwood and was buried in Tennessee. Her name in her native language is Wilma Glodean Rudolph.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1940
- Works
- 2
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- Wilma Rudolph on track
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Recent publications · Crossref
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Vilma
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- Place of death
- Brentwood
- Occupation
- sprinter
- Educated at
- Tennessee State University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 59
- Image
- Wilma Rudolph (1960).jpg
- Height
- 180
- Number of children
- 4
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- Commons category
- Wilma Rudolph
- date of birth
- 1940-06-23
- date of death
- 1994-11-12
- medical condition
- poliomyelitis
- sports discipline competed in
- sprinting
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- name in native language
- Wilma Glodean Rudolph
- competition won
- athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – women's 200 metres
- record held
- Men's 100 metres world record progression
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- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Wilma Glodean Rudolph (June 23, 1940 – November 12, 1994) was an American sprinter who overcame polio as a child and went on to become a world-record-holding Olympic champion and international sports icon in track and field following her successes in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games. Rudolph competed in the 200-meter dash and won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100-meter relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics at Melbourne, Australia. She also won three gold medals, in the 100- and 200-meter individual events and the 4 × 100-meter relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Rudolph was acclaimed as the fastest woman in the world in the 1960s; she became the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field during a single Olympic Games.
With the worldwide television coverage of the 1960 Summer Olympics, Rudolph became an international star, along with other Olympic athletes such as Cassius Clay (later known as Muhammad Ali), Oscar Robertson, and Rafer Johnson.
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