biography
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Rudolph, Wilma (Glodean)
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| female
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| lived:
| (1940–94)
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| biography:
| Sprinter, born in St Bethlehem, Tennessee, USA. Overcoming childhood polio, she came to prominence as a teenager as part of an athletics team known as the ‘Tennessee Belles’. As a 16-year-old she won a bronze medal at Melbourne in the 1956 Olympic Games, and at Rome in 1960 won the 100 m, 200 m, and sprint relay events, making her the first US woman to win three gold medals for track and field events. She retired in 1964. |
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