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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 Olympic champion and international sports icon in track and field following her successes in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games.
She graduated from Sacramento State 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 with a master's degree in theater arts, and thereafter began an acting career. [4] She portrayed Wilma Rudolph in the 1977 television film Wilma.
In the heats of the event, she equaled Wilma Rudolph's world record, propelling her to a favored position for the final, where her main rival was fellow American Edith McGuire. Tyus won the final, beating McGuire by 0.2 seconds. At the same Olympics, she also won a silver medal with the 4 × 100 m relay team. [1]
Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics; Track events; 100 m: men: women: 200 m: men: women: 400 m: men: 800 m: men: women: 1500 m: men: 5000 m: men: 10,000 m: men: 80 ...
The film won four Academy Awards, [141] is often listed among polls for the best sports and Olympics films., [142] [143] and was ranked 19th in the British Film Institute's 100 Best British Films [144] Wilma Rudolph was a central figure in The Grand Olympics (Italian: La grande olimpiade), an academy-Award nominated documentary about the 1960 ...
Wilma Rudolph United States: 44.50: WR 2: Vera Krepkina Valentina Maslovskaya Mariya Itkina Irina Press Soviet Union: 45.15: 3: Teresa Ciepły Barbara Janiszewska Celina Jesionowska Halina Richter Poland: 45.40: 4: Silvia Hunte Carlota Gooden Lorraine Dunn Jean Holmes-Mitchell Panama: 46.66-Marlene Mathews Norma Thrower Norma Croker Pat Duggan ...
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 Illinois. [1] [2] Her best result came in the 1995 World Championships held in Gothenburg, Sweden where she won the silver medal in the 400-meter hurdles, losing to compatriot Kim Batten by only 0.01 ...
Wilma Rudolph: Running (sprint) [41] 1962 Jim Beatty: Running (middle and long distance) [42] 1963 John Pennel: Pole vault [43] 1964 Don Schollander: Swimming [44] 1965 Bill Bradley: Basketball [6] 1966 Jim Ryun: Running (middle distance) [45] 1967 Randy Matson: Shot put & discus [46] 1968 Debbie Meyer: Swimming [47] 1969 Bill Toomey: Decathlon ...