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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.
Left-right: Wilma Rudolph, Lucinda Williams, Barbara Jones and Martha Hudson at the Rome Olympics: Date: 1960: Source: Author: Unknown (ANSA.it) Permission (Reusing ...
Wilma Rudolph was never supposed to walk again. Less than a decade later, she became the first American woman to win three gold medals in a single Olympics. Women's History Month: Wilma Rudolph's ...
Wilma Rudolph overcame a lot of adversity in her quest for gold at the Olympic Games. As a child, the celebrated track and field athlete — whose medal count includes three golds in 1960 and a ...
Wilma Rudolph United States: 11.18 Dorothy Hyman Great Britain: 11.43 Giuseppina Leone Italy: 11.48 4: Mariya Itkina Soviet Union: 11.54 5: Catherine Capdevielle France: 11.64 6: Jenny Smart Great Britain: 11.72
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Martha B. Hudson (later Pennyman, born March 21, 1939) is a retired American sprinter. She won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1960 Olympics, but failed to reach the final of the individual 100 m event.