Hobbies about Wilma Rudolph
Hobbies about Wilma Rudolph
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Wilma Rudolph first American a woman who had won three gold medals in track and field at a single Olympics in
1960.
The full name of Wilma
is Wilma Glodean Rudolph, she had born 23rd June 1940 in the US near
Clarksville, Tennesee, and Wilma died in 12th November 1994. Wilma nicknamed
“Skeeter” for her famous speed. Wilma was the youngest member of the U.S track
and field team at age 16, she won a bronze medal in the 400-meter relay. After
finishing high school she enrolled at Tennessee state university.
Wilma
Rudolph Childhood Life
Wilma Rudolph was a
sickly child who had to wear a brace on her left leg. The 20th of 22
children born to dad ED across his two marriages..Wilma went on to become a
pioneering African American track and field champion, but the journey of
victory was not easy for her.
She had problems in
her left leg and that is the main reason she had used to brace in that leg.
It was a great course
inside of Wilma with good determination and the help of physical therapy she
was able to overcome her disabilities.
One time comes when
her doctor told her she would never walk again, but the trust in her mother she
able to walk
My doctors told me I would never
walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother.-Wilma Rudolph
Wilma Rudolph formed
the Wilma Rudolph Foundation to promote amateur athletics.
Hard work with talent never goes to waste
Wilma was the author of an autobiography “WILMA” which was published in 1977 and the subject of
a television movie based on her book. She lectured in every part of America and
even served in 1991 as an ambassador to the European celebration of the
dismantling of the Berlin Wall, the wall that for three decades separated East
from West Berlin, Germany. Rudolph helped to open and run inner-city sports
clinics and served as a consultant to university track teams. She also founded
her own organization, the Wilma Rudolph Foundation, dedicated to promoting
amateur athletics.
Rudolph was a member of the United States Olympic Hall of Fame
and the National Track and Field Hall of Fame. She traveled frequently and was
well known for her motivational speeches to youngsters.
On November 12, 1994, Wilma Rudolph died at her home in
Brentwood, Tennessee, of a brain tumor. She is survived by two sons, two
daughters, six sisters, two brothers, and a truly inspirational legacy.
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