Wlima Rudolf was born in Clarksville,Tennessee,in 1940.There were twenty-two children in her family.Wilma was not a strong child.When she was very young,she got a disease called polio.Wilma's leg began to have problems.Wilma's family loved and helped her.Her mother and her sisters massaged her bad leg.The doctor put a brace on her leg for six years.One lucky day when she was twelve,the doctor took off the brace.
At high school Wliam started to run.Soon she won every race she ran.At the age of fifteen she prepared for the national races.She won all nine of the races.The next year,1956,Wlima was in the Olympic games in Australia.Wlima won the third place.
In 1960 Wlima went to the Olympic games in Italy.The weather was very hot just as it was in Tennessee.The Italians cheered her.Wlima won the 100 meter,200 meter,and the 400 meter relay.Wilma Rudolf was the first American woman to win three Olympic gold medals.
In 1963 Wlima got her degree in education.That year she married her high school sweetheart,and now they have four children.
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