yes you can see that in her biography
She had polio in her legs.
she had polio in her legs
she had polio in her legs
she had polio in her legs
She spent her childhood in a leg brace.
Wilma Rudolph's eye color was brown
she had polio in her legs
Wilma Rudolph won 4 medals (3 gold and 1 bronze) in her Olympic career. Women who have won 5 or more Olympic medals in athletics (track and field) are:1) Merlene Ottey, Jamaica - won 8 medals (3 silver and 5 bronze).2) Irena Szewińska-Kirszenstein, Poland - won 7 medals (3 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze).3) Shirley Strickland, Australia - won 7 medals (3 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze).4) Renate Stecher, East Germany - won 6 medals (3 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze).5) Jackie Joyner-Kersee, United States - won 6 medals (3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze).6) Evelyn Ashford, United States - won 5 medals (4 gold, 1 silver).7) Florence Griffith-Joyner, United States - won 5 medals (3 gold, 2 silver).8) Gwen Torrence, United States - won 5 medals (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze).9) Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaica - won 5 medals (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze).10) Heike Drechsler-Daute, Germany - won 5 medals (2 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze).11) Tatyana Lebedeva, Russia - won 5 medals (1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze).While 11 women have won more medals in athletics than Wilma, only 4 have won more gold medals (3) in athletics than Wilma did.Evelyn Ashford of the United States, Fanny Blankers-Koen of Netherlands, Betty Cuthbert of Australia, and Bärbel Wöckel of East Germany each won 4 gold medals during their Olympic career.
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Becomes first American woman to win three gold medals in the Olympics when she wins the 100-meter dash, the 200-meter dash, and the 4 X 100-meter relay at the Olympic Games in Rome
Wilma Rudolph was the 20th of 22 children born to Ed and Blanche Rudolph.So far, the following names have been verified as the names of Wilma Rudolph's brothers and sisters:Yolanda: older sisterWesley/Westly: brotherCharlene: sisterWilma Rudolph had 22 brothers and sisters. She was the 20th of the 22. Her dad had 11 kids in his first marriage and then had 8 more kids with Wilma's mom, Blanche.
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