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What happened to Wilma Rudolph when she was a child to make her three olympic gold medals more amazing?
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She had polio in her legs.
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How many gold medals did Wilma Rudolph win 1960?
She won three gold medal! good for her!! yay!!
Did Jim thorpe keep his medals?
Jim Thorpe played professional baseball in 1909 and 1910. Although the Olympic rules of 1912 didn't forbade anyone athlete who played professionally, the Amateur Athletic Union, in 1913, retro-actively stripped Thrope of his medals. Thorpe wrote a letter asking to be excused: "I hope I will be partly excused by the fact that I was simply an Indian schoolboy and did not know all about such things. In fact, I did not know that I was doing wrong, because I was doing what I knew several other college men had done, except that they did not use their own names." The 1912 rules also states if anyone objected to the winner's medals, a complaint must be made within 30 days after the medals are awarded; the complaint was made in 1913-- six months after the games. In 1982, after the support of U.S. Congress, Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals were re-instated to him with two of Thorpe's children receiving commemorative medals. The original two medals awarded to Jim Thrope were stolen from a museum. The United States was a overtly racist society at that time, and it is widely believed he was stripped of his medals because of racism.
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When Wilma Rudolph was a child something happened to her that makes her 3 Olympic gold medals all the more amazing. what happened to her?
she had polio in her legs
When Wilma Rudolph was a child something happened to her that makes her 3 olympic gold medals more amazing what happened to her?
She spent her childhood in a leg brace.
When Wilma Rudolph was a child something happened to her that make her 3 Olympic gold medals all the more amazing that what happen to her?
she had polio in her legs
When Wilma Rudolph was a child something happened to her that makes her 3 Olympics gold medals all more amazing what happened to her?
she had polio in her legs
What three olympic gold medals did Wilma Rudolph won?
ice skating
When Wilma Rudolph was a child something happened to her that makes her 3 Olympic gold medals all the more amazing What happen to her?
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
How did Wilma Rudolph influence the world?
She won 3 gold medals at the 1960 Olympic games.
Did Wilma Rudolph influence the world?
She won 3 gold medals at the 1960 Olympic games.
Who won 3 gold Olympic medals in track after suffering with polio?
Wilma Rudolph of the United States.
Was Wilma Rudolph the first black woman to win three gold medals in an Olympic game?
excited
Where did Wilma Rudolph work?
Wilma Rudolph is well known for winning three gold medals in the 1960 Olympic. Wilma worked as a teacher and coached track.
What Happened on September 3 1960?
on September 3rd 1960 Wilma g. Rudolph became the first woman to win three gold medals in track and field in one Olympic game.
