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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.
Wilma Rudolph United States: 12.3 Carlota Gooden Panama: 12.3 200 metres (wind: +0.9 m/s) details: Lucinda Williams United States: 24.2 Isabelle Daniels United States: 24.8 Sally McCallum Canada: 25.1 80 metres hurdles (wind: +1.8 m/s) details: Bertha Díaz Cuba: 11.2 Wanda dos Santos Brazil: 11.5 Marian Munroe Canada: 11.5 4 × 100 metres ...
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]
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 ...
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.
The 1962 USA–USSR Track and Field Dual Meet was an international track and field competition between the Soviet Union and the United States.The fourth in a series of meetings between the nations, it was held on July 21–22 at the Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California, United States, and finished with the Soviet Union closely defeating the United States 173 to 169.
Matthews, a native Atlantan and captain of the TSU Tigerbelles, captured the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 meters with three of her U.S. teammates Mae Faggs, Wilma Rudolph and Isabelle Daniels. Matthews was the first American woman to leap a record 20 feet in the long jump.
1960: Wilma Rudolph, track and field champion, became the first American woman to win three gold medals in the Rome Olympics. [101] She elevated women's track to a major presence in the United States. As a member of the black community, she is also regarded as a civil rights and women's rights pioneer.