Question

a simple speech for students about wilma Rudolph

Answer 1

Wilma Rudolph. A name that may sound simple to some, but to others, it is a name that glows with inspiration. At the age of four, Wilma, was diagnosed with a disease called polio. The effects of this disease can be life crushing. Yet somehow, Wilma overcame her disabilities and became one of the greatest athletes in history.

Born on June 23, 1940,Wilma Rudolph was the twentieth child in a poor family of twenty-two children. She was raised in the segregated town of Clarksville, Tennessee where her father worked as a railroad porter and her mother was a maid. At the young age of four, Wilma was diagnosed with a disease called polio, which caused her to become crippled and unable to walk. Doctors told Rudolph that she would never be able to walk again. But this did not stop the ambitious girl. With the help of her mother she decided to do everything in her power to once again be able to walk. Every week Wilma and her mother took the long bus ride to the hospital for therapy. Although the doctors claimed the therapy didn’t help, Wilma and her family never gave up. The Rudolph’s worked together; her siblings would help by rubbing her legs four times a day as therapy. Hard work pays off and by the time Wilma was eight she could walk with the help of a leg brace. After that Wilma used a high top shoe to support her feet, this helped her to play basketball. But Wilma still wanted to walk without help. Three years later when she was eleven, her mother came home and discovered to her surprise Wilma was playing basketball, shoeless, with no help or support!

Answer 2

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Wilma Glodean Rudolph (June 23, 1940 – November 12, 1994) was an American sprinter born in Saint Bethlehem, Tennessee, who became a world-record-holding Olympic champion and international sports icon in track and field following her successes in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games.