When Wilma Rudolph was four years old | | help children learn about discipline and work. |
Polio causes people to | | be crippled and unable to walk. |
In Wilma's family there were | | encouraged Wilma to start running. |
Wilma's mother took her by bus to | | she won a bronze medal at the 1956 Olympics. |
Wilma's brothers and sisters | | twenty-two children. |
By the time she was eight years old | | she had a disease called polio. |
Wilma played basketball | | rubbed her legs four times a day. |
Her track coach | | with her brothers every day. |
While she was still in high school | | a hospital where she received therapy. |
In the 1960 Olympic Games | | she could walk with a leg brace. |
After she retired from running | | Wilma won two gold medals. |
Wilma started a foundation to | | she went on to coach women's track teams. |