Wilma Rudolph
by Erica
This stamp commemorates Wilma Rudolph. Wilma was
born in the year of 1940, in Clarksville,TN.
Wilma never liked to lose, she always tried her
very hard to be a winner. When Wilma was a young
child, she had to wear a brace on her left leg
because she was crippled by polio. Soon she
learned to walk and run without her brace. In
high school she won many races. In the 1960
Olympic games held in Rome, Wilma was the
first woman to win three Olympic medals in
track racing. Wilma was the world's fastest
woman runner.