Wilma Rudolph, celebrated as the “Tennessee Tornado,” overcame significant challenges to become the first American woman to win three gold medals in a single Olympic Games. Her journey from a ...
How does a child diagnosed with infantile paralysis, losing use of her leg and forced to depend on leg braces for several years, become a world record-setting Olympian sprinter? “My doctor told me I ...
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 bronze ...
American Wilma Rudolph won three gold medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Courtesy of the USOC Wilma Glodean Rudolph was born in Saint Bethlehem, Tenn., on June 23, 1940. Afflicted with polio ...
With more than 22,000 artifacts, the museum and cultural center is the state's second-largest general interest museum.
How one big step for Wilma Rudolph turned into Olympic gold. May 20, 2010— -- Half a century ago, gold medal-winning runner Wilma Rudolph was so fast that she ran right into the pages of history.
SEATTLE – University of Washington student-athlete and advocate Rosalie Fish has been named the 2023 recipient of the Wilma Rudolph Courage Award, presented by the Women's Sports Foundation. One of ...
An update of Clarksville's Transportation 2020+ provided Clarksville residents a look inside future projects to alleviate traffic, which includes major adjustments to Wilma Rudolph Boulevard. During a ...
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Clarksville police are working a multi-vehicle crash that shut down all northbound lanes of Wilma Rudolph Boulevard Saturday afternoon. The crash occurred around 12:30 p.m.