# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wilma-rudolph
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:10:51.555Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wilma-rudolph"
name: "Wilma Rudolph"
slug: "wilma-rudolph"
description: "Wilma Glodean Rudolph was an American sprinter who overcame polio as a child 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 × 100-meter relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Rudolph was acclaimed as the fastest woman in the world in the 1960s; she became the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field during a single Olympic Games."
tagline: "American athlete (1940–1994)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wilma_Rudolph_(1960).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1940-06-23"
deathDate: "1994-11-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 239
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump