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SPORTS > track athlete > Wilma Rudolph
I had a...
Vendor: SPORTS
I had a series of childhood illnesses . . . scarlet fever . . . . pneumonia . . . . Polio. I walked with braces until I was at least nine years old. My life wasn't like the average person who grew up and decided to enter the world of sports.
Source: In USA Today, 6 Aug 1987.
-- Wilma Rudolph, (Jun 23 1940-1994), US track athlete; As a sprinter, she was the first woman to win three gold medals, 1960 Olympics