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All About Wilma Rudolph

Have you ever heard of an African American to win 3 olympic gold medals if you have it’s Wilma Rudolph. Wilma Rudolph was born on June 23 1940 in Clarksville Tennessee. Wilma was the 20th of 22 children. Her childhood was mostly in bed she suffered from double pneumonia, scarlet fever, the measles, mumps, and chicken pox, and contracted polio. She lost the use of her left leg and was in a brace at age 6. Then in high school she got to play basketball and she led her basketball team to one victory after another. By Emily and Mallory