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Wilma Rudolph did not have the childhood you might expect of a future Olympic Athlete.

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She and her twenty-one sisters and brothers were raised in a poor family.

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Rudolph suffered from polio and scarlet fever when she was four years old.

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Sicknesses like these were often deadly.

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For many years afterward, Rudolph used a leg brace when she walked.

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Still, she never lost sight of her dreams.

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She battled the chances against her.

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With her family's help, she exercised hard every day.

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All of her hard work made her strong.

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Years later, she gained fame as a world-class athlete.

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