Wilma Rudolph

By:Angelina

Why Did I Choose This Gifted Person?

I want to study her because she is a fast runner like

me. We are both fast runners. She won three gold

medals in a single Olympic game and I never won

a medal.

Early Life

In In 1960, she won three gold medals in a

single Olympic games. She was not allowed

to go to the same school as a white person

because of segregation. People were

treated fairly because of their race during

her early life.

Attributes

She is brown and she is a African American women, also she won

three gold medals in a single Olympics game.

Challenges

She had a disease called polio when she was four years old.

Polio causes people to be crippled. She had to wear a

brace.

Overcoming Challenges

At age eight, she was able to walk with a brace. Then, she

started using a high topped shoe. Wilma Rudolph never

gave up and kept gaining strength in her legs. When she

was about eleven years old, she didn’t need the brace or

the shoe anymore.

Gifts and Talents

She was a fast runner who

never quit. She qualified for

the 1956 Olympics in

Melbourne, Australia and the

1960 Olympics in Rome, Italy.

Episode or Story

In the 1960 Olympics she won three gold medals. During her

last race she sprained her ankle but kept running.

Contributions

She retired from running when she was 22 years old but

then coached woman’s track teams.

Wilma Rudolph Pictures

References

http://www.biography.com/people/wilma-rudolph-9466552

http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdwilma.htm

http://www.biography.com/people/wilma-rudolph-9466552#pioneering-olympic-medalist

My Website

http://wilmarudolph3.weebly.com/