We love the Olympics not only for the amazing feats of athleticism on display but also for the perso

We love the Olympics not only for the amazing feats of athleticism on display but also for the personal triumphs over adversity that bring the athletes to the games. Wilma Rudolph is a legend for both. At just age 16, she won a bronze medal in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and then took home 3 golds four years later in Rome. But even to compete at all was a victory for Rudolph. A sickly child, she survived premature birth, whooping cough, chicken pox, scarlet fever, measles, and infantile paralysis caused by the polio virus. Who knew this girl with a brace on her twisted leg would become the fastest woman in the world and an international star? 

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