Wilma Rudolph
Wilma Rudolph
American Sprinter
Wilma was an American track sprinter who ran a 100 and 200 meter dash.She was the fastest woman in 1956 and 1960.She also competed in 2 Olympic games in 1956 and 1960.Wilma also went to the summer Olympics in Rome.
Olympic Winner
Wilma Rudolph became the first American to win three gold medals in the Summer Olympics in 1960! She won these medals in a single Olympic game! She was a track and field champion!After the Olympics she was known as the Tornado.
Wilma Rudolph
Wilma Rudolph was born on June 23,1940 in Saint Bethlehem. Tennessee,United States.She died on November 12,1994 at the age of fifty four. Her nicknames were Skeeter,The Black Gazelle,The Tornado,and The Black Pearl.Wilma had four children Robert Eldridge J.,Yolanda Eldridge, Djuanna Eldridge, Xurry Eldridge.
Death
Wilma had a brain tumor and she had cancer.Wilma had throat cancer,and right before her death she had four children.She also had eight grand children.Soon after her mothers death she was diagnosed with a brain tumor.