Wilma Rudolph was born on June 23, 1940, in Saint Bethlehem, Tennessee. She faced tremendous adversity from the beginning when she was diagnosed with polio at the age of five. This debilitating disease left her with a twisted left leg and foot, making it extremely difficult for her to walk.

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