Athletes

Wilma Rudolph

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Sport and Games Atlas. "Wilma Rudolph." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://sport.interactiveatlas.org/athletes/wilma-rudolph.

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Sport and Games Atlas. (n.d.). Wilma Rudolph. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://sport.interactiveatlas.org/athletes/wilma-rudolph

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@misc{sportandgamesatlas-wilma-rudolph,
  author = {Sport and Games Atlas},
  title = {Wilma Rudolph},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://sport.interactiveatlas.org/athletes/wilma-rudolph},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

American sprinter who overcame childhood polio to become, at the 1960 Rome Olympics, the first American woman to win three gold medals at a single Olympic Games.

Facts

Birth Year

1940 1

Death Year

1994 1

Nationality

United States 1

Career Highlight

First American woman to win three Olympic gold medals in a single Games, at the 1960 Rome Olympics, in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay. 1

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Source Encyclopaedia Britannica

Plays

Athletics

Source Encyclopaedia Britannica

Sources

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica

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