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Birthday
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Death day
November 12, 1994 (54 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Cancer
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Celebrities born on June 23
Born in 1940
Born in Saint Bethlehem, Tennessee
Cancer named Wilma
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Wilma Rudolph
Wilma Glodean Rudolph was an American sprinter, who became 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 in the 4 × 100-meter relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics at Melbourne, Australia. She also won three gold medals, in the 100- and 200-meter individual events and the 4 x 100-meter relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Rudolph was acclaimed the fastest woman in the world in the 1960s and became the first American woman to win three gold medals in a single Olympic Games. Due to the worldwide television coverage of the 1960 Summer Olympics, Rudolph became an international star along with other Olympic athletes such as Cassius Clay, Oscar Robertson, and Rafer Johnson who competed in Italy. As an Olympic champion in the early 1960s, Rudolph was among the most highly visible black women in America and abroad.
CountryUnited States
SportTrack and field
ClubTSU Tigerbelles, Nashville
Retired1962
Olympic finals1956 Summer Olympics, 1960 Summer Olympics

About Wilma Rudolph

Runner Wilma Rudolph was born in Saint Bethlehem, Tennessee, United States on June 23, 1940. She dies at the age of 54, on November 12, 1994.

American athlete who won three gold medals at the 1960 Rome Olympics, winning the 100m, 200m, and 4 x 100m relay, becoming the first American woman to take home three gold medals in track and field at a single Games.

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Wilma Rudolph before becoming famous

Wilma Rudolph was born in the Zodiac sign Cancer (The Crab), and 1940 is also the year of Dragon (龍) in the Chinese Zodiac.

Due to difficulties from infantile paralysis, she had to wear leg braces until she was nine years old. She was a high school basketball player who made her Olympic debut in 1956.

Achievement of Wilma Rudolph

She was voted Woman Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press in 1960 and 1961, and she is a member of the United States Olympic Hall of Fame. Later in life, she worked as a teacher.

Wilma Rudolph's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

With Robert Eldridge, she had four children.

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Wilma Rudolph Collabed with

She competed alongside Boxer Muhammad Ali in the 1960 Olympics.

Muhammad Ali (1942 - 2016) (Boxer)
Muhammad Ali (1942 - 2016)

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Wilma Rudolph Income & Net worth

Wilma Rudolph's income mainly comes from the work that created her reputation: a runner. Networth of Wilma Rudolph in 2024 is 200,000$+.

Wilma Rudolph Height and Weight

How tall is Wilma Rudolph? At the age of 54, Wilma Rudolph height is 5'11" (1.8m).

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Latest information about Wilma Rudolph updated on March 14 2023.