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Wilma Rudolph

1940 - 1994

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Wilma Glodean Rudolph (June 23, 1940 – November 12, 1994) was an American sprinter who overcame childhood polio and went on to become 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilma Rudolph has received more than 2,583,857 page views. Her biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Wilma Rudolph is the 57th most popular athlete (up from 63rd in 2019), the 2,394th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,720th in 2019) and the 21st most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Wilma Rudolph ranks 57 out of 6,025. Before her are Gustavo Marzi, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Valeriy Brumel, Jim Hines, Betty Robinson, and Walter Schröder. After her are Yuriy Sedykh, Platt Adams, Hans Woellke, Gabriela Andersen-Schiess, Irina Press, and Ralph Boston.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Wilma Rudolph ranks 140. Before her are Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, Taihō Kōki, Jimmy Greaves, Isdal Woman, Iva Zanicchi, and Petru Lucinschi. After her are Christoph Eschenbach, Jan Janssen, Abbas El Fassi, Ruth Dreifuss, Pedro Rodríguez, and Louis Pilot. Among people deceased in 1994, Wilma Rudolph ranks 96. Before her are Innokenty Smoktunovsky, James Clavell, Andrés Escobar, Howard Martin Temin, Baruch Goldstein, and Juan Carlos Onetti. After her are Marcel Bich, Manos Hatzidakis, Roberto Burle Marx, Donald Judd, Jérôme Lejeune, and Álvaro del Portillo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wilma Rudolph ranks 2,394 out of 20,380. Before her are Chuck Palahniuk (1962), Shirley Jackson (1916), James Levine (1943), Steve Morse (1954), Robin Tunney (1972), and Don Cheadle (1964). After her are John Connally (1917), Sam Rockwell (1968), Katey Sagal (1954), Nora Ephron (1941), Broncho Billy Anderson (1880), and Danny Elfman (1953).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Wilma Rudolph ranks 21. Before her are Louis Zamperini (1917), Archie Hahn (1880), Tommie Smith (1944), Alvin Kraenzlein (1876), Jim Hines (1946), and Betty Robinson (1911). After her are Platt Adams (1885), Ralph Boston (1939), Al Oerter (1936), Irving Baxter (1876), Lee Haney (1959), and Robert Garrett (1875).

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