Wilma Rudolph was born a very sickly child, suffering through cases of pneumonia, scarlet fever and then polio — the latter of which left her without feeling in her left leg and foot. She wore a leg ...

Wilma Rudolph was told by one doctor that she'd never walk again. Polio, double pneumonia and scarlet fever were to blame. So, Wilma Rudolph became the "fastest woman in the world." “My mother told me ...

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Wilma Rudolph, a Clarksville native, overcame childhood illnesses and became the first American woman to win three gold medals in a single Olympics (1960 Rome). Rudolph was a civil rights activist, ...