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    Wilma Glodean Rudolph (June 23, 1940 – November 12, 1994) was an American sprinter who overcame childhood polio and went on to become a world-record-holding...
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  • transparent proxy tool Wilma Theatre (Missoula, Montana) Wilma Theater (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania Wilma, or The Story of Wilma Rudolph, a 1977 documentary...
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    Blankers-Koen (1948), Marjorie Jackson (1952), Betty Cuthbert (1956), Wilma Rudolph (1960), Renate Stecher (1972), Florence Griffith-Joyner (1988), and...
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    Blankers-Koen in 1948, Marjorie Jackson in 1952, Betty Cuthbert in 1956, Wilma Rudolph in 1960, Renate Stecher in 1972, Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988, and...
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    (January 1, 2006). Wilma Rudolph: A Biography. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-313-33307-1. Retrieved May 13, 2015. "Wilma Rudolph Story, The (1977)"...
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    Flesche Louise McManus Maria Mitchell Antonia Novello Linda Richards Wilma Rudolph Betty Bone Schiess Muriel Siebert Nettie Stevens Oprah Winfrey Sarah...
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    Team and Individual, the Billie Jean King Contribution Award and the Wilma Rudolph Courage Award are presented during the gala. The Sportswoman of the...
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    College with a degree in theater in 1971, where she met and befriended Wilma Rudolph. She graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1973...
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    Dowell, Sarah Finnegan, and Kyla Ross. On May 15 Nichols was awarded the Wilma Rudolph Student-Athlete Achievement Award. Nichols opened the season competing...
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    September 13, 1958 11.3 0.8 11.41 Wilma Rudolph  United States Rome, Italy September 2, 1960 11.2 0.7 Wilma Rudolph  United States Stuttgart, West Germany...
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    Flesche Louise McManus Maria Mitchell Antonia Novello Linda Richards Wilma Rudolph Betty Bone Schiess Muriel Siebert Nettie Stevens Oprah Winfrey Sarah...
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  • Margaret Matthews Wilma Rudolph Isabelle Daniels 1960 Rome details  United States (USA) Martha Hudson Lucinda Williams Barbara Jones Wilma Rudolph  United Team...
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    freestyle swimmer Travis Rudolph (born 1995), American football player Wilma Rudolph (1940–1994), American Olympic athlete Alan Rudolph (born 1943), American...
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  • final, but was credited with silver after a controversial video review. Wilma Rudolph, a former polio patient, won three gold medals in sprint events on the...
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  • 1995. In 1982, when she was 12 years old, she met former track runner Wilma Rudolph. She attended Meadowdale High School in Dayton and the University of...
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  • (1921–2018), American politician Wilma Rudolph (1940–1994), American sprinter Wilma Rusman (born 1958), Dutch long-distance runner Wilma Salas (born 1991), Cuban...
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  •  United Team of Germany Marlene Mathews  Australia 1960 Rome details Wilma Rudolph  United States Dorothy Hyman  Great Britain Giuseppina Leone  Italy...
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    through Clarksville, US 79 continues northeast and enters Kentucky. Wilma Rudolph Boulevard is the name given to the portion of US 79 in Clarksville between...
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    Ottey Jesse Owens Mel Patton Steve Prefontaine Meg Ritchie Henry Rono Wilma Rudolph Jim Ryun Erick Walder John Woodruff Class of 2023 Dyrol Burleson Michael...
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  • docudrama with the two-hour movie of the week biography of gold-medalist Wilma Rudolph. Wilma, starring Cicely Tyson, featured Denzel Washington in his first movie...
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    most by any sport. Golfer Bobby Jones won the inaugural award in 1930. Wilma Rudolph received the accolade in 1961. Track athlete Carl Lewis received the...
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     United Team of Germany Marlene Mathews  Australia 1960 Rome details Wilma Rudolph  United States Jutta Heine  United Team of Germany Dorothy Hyman  Great...
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    Wilma Rudolph became the first woman in history to sweep 100 meters, 200 meters, and 4x100 meters relay at the 1960 Rome Games....
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    Wilma Pearl Mankiller (Cherokee: ᎠᏥᎳᏍᎩ ᎠᏍᎦᏯᏗᎯ, romanized: Atsilasgi Asgayadihi; November 18, 1945 – April 6, 2010) was a Native American activist, social...
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    metres details Wilma Rudolph  United States 11.0 Dorothy Hyman  Great Britain 11.3 Giuseppina Leone  Italy 11.3 200 metres details Wilma Rudolph  United States...
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    The Tigerbelles, in the 1960s, including triple Olympic champions Wilma Rudolph, Wyomia Tyus, and McGuire. Although McGuire's running career was short...
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    acting debut in the 1977 made-for-television film Wilma which was a docudrama about sprinter Wilma Rudolph, and made his first Hollywood appearance in the...
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    Ottey Jesse Owens Mel Patton Steve Prefontaine Meg Ritchie Henry Rono Wilma Rudolph Jim Ryun Erick Walder John Woodruff Class of 2023 Dyrol Burleson Michael...
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    1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Other notable performers in 1960 included Wilma Rudolph, a gold medallist in the 100 meters, 200 meters, and 4 × 100 meters...
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