Wilma Glodean Rudolph (June 23, 1940 – November 12, 1994) was an
American athlete. Rudolph was considered the fastest woman in the
world in the 1960s and competed in two Olympic Games, in 1956 and in
1960.
In the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome she became the first American
woman to win three gold medals in track and field during a single
Olympic Games. A track and field champion, she elevated women's
track to a major presence in the United States. She is also regarded
as a civil rights and women's rights pioneer. Along with other 1960
Olympic athletes such as Cassius Clay, who later became Muhammad
Ali, Rudolph became an international star due to the first international
television coverage of the Olympics that year.
American athlete. Rudolph was considered the fastest woman in the
world in the 1960s and competed in two Olympic Games, in 1956 and in
1960.
In the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome she became the first American
woman to win three gold medals in track and field during a single
Olympic Games. A track and field champion, she elevated women's
track to a major presence in the United States. She is also regarded
as a civil rights and women's rights pioneer. Along with other 1960
Olympic athletes such as Cassius Clay, who later became Muhammad
Ali, Rudolph became an international star due to the first international
television coverage of the Olympics that year.
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