Wilma Rudolph

CTL-E-6711 · Person · other · 1940–1994

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Wilma Rudolph (1940–1994) overcame childhood polio and scarlet fever — doctors said she might never walk normally — to become the fastest woman in the world. At the 1960 Rome Olympics she won three gold medals (100m, 200m, 4×100m relay), the first American woman to win three track golds at a single Games. Her triumph made her an international icon and a symbol of the civil-rights era in American sport.

Notes

Merged 2026-11-02 from the staged athletes packet (website/.build-work/scratch-v114/athletes/) under the GOV-006 founder gate opened 2026-11-02; the staged record is carried verbatim — no claim upgraded in transit (GOV-004). · Roles as staged: Track & field — sprints (United States) · Photo: Photo: Joop van Bilsen for Anefo Anefo · CC0 · Source: Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Olympische_revances_in_stadion_Amsterdam,_Wilma_Rudolph,_Bestanddeelnr_911-6041.jpg) · staged for CultureTechLens Full per-asset record in this package's photo-records.json, keyed to CTL-E-6711.

Sources

• Wikipedia, 'Wilma Rudolph' — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilma_Rudolph
• britannica.com — https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wilma-Rudolph

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