For all the hurdles Wilma Rudolph cleared on her way to Olympic superstardom ... “It’s been my dream to start programs that, through athletics, foster education.” Vice President for Student Affairs ...

Wilma Rudolph, an iconic figure in Olympic history ... particularly disadvantaged children. She worked in education, hosted a local television show, and served as a U.S. goodwill ambassador ...

My mother told me I would. I believed my mother,” the great Wilma Rudolph said, and she set about becoming one of the most inspirational figures in sports. The Clarksville native won three gold ...

Olympic champion Wilma Rudolph has family in Louisville and WHAS11's Sherlene Shanklin sat down with her nephews who knew her as simply Aunt Wilma. Not only was Rudolph an Olympic champion ...

Wilma Rudolph was the first woman to win three Olympic gold medals in track and field, at the 1960 games in Rome. Rudolph was born in St. Bethlehem, Tenn. (now part of Clarksville), in 1940.

There are many stories of beating long odds in the world of sports. And then there is the story of Wilma Glodean Rudolph. Wilma Rudolph has an incredibly inspiring tale of triumph over adversity.

Wilma Rudolph outran poverty, polio, scarlet fever and the limits placed on black women by societal convention to win three gold medals in sprint events at the 1960 Olympics in Rome. By the time ...

American Wilma Rudolph crosses the finish line in a women’s sprint event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. September 3, 1960. Bettmann Archive Few could have predicted that a child battling ...