BY WALTER OPINDE During the 1960 Olympics Games, Wilma Rudolph broke the historical records for becoming the first American woman and the first African-American to ever win three gold medals in track and field at a single Olympics, held in Rome, Italy. Wilma Rudolph Glodean was an American sprinter from Clarksville, Tennessee, who became a world-record holder in Olympic […]
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