Wilma Glodean Rudolph was an American sprinter from Clarksville, Tennessee, who became 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.
My doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother.
Mother, Mother & DaughterWilma Rudolph (Leichtathletin)When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.
SunWilma Rudolph