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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. Rudolph competed in the 200-meter dash and won a bronze medal ...
Name Nationality Time Notes 1: Martha Hudson Lucinda Williams Barbara Jones 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 ...
Althea Neale Gibson (August 25, 1927 – September 28, 2003) was an American tennis player and professional golfer, and one of the first Black athletes to cross the color line of international tennis. In 1956, she became the first African American to win a Grand Slam event (the French Championships ). The following year she won both Wimbledon ...
Wilma Rudolph captured the world's attention by becoming the first American to win three gold medals at one Olympics in 1960.
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 ...
United States at the1956 Summer Olympics. The United States competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 297 competitors, 251 men and 46 women, took part in 139 events in 18 sports. [ 1]
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Richard Rudolph (father) Minnie Riperton (mother) Maya Rudolph (born July 27, 1972) is an American actress and comedian. Born in Gainesville, Florida and raised in Los Angeles, she is the daughter of singer Minnie Riperton and composer Richard Rudolph. From 2000 to 2007, Rudolph was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night ...