"Her brilliant career ended with her retirement in 1962..."
see below from the official website of the olympic movement:
http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/profiles/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=10427
"As a small child, Wilma Rudolph suffered through polio, scarlet fever and double
pneumonia. The 20th of 22 children, she overcame these handicaps to become one of
the greatest women sprinters of all time. As a 16-year-old, she won a bronze medal
in the 4x100m relay at the 1956 Olympics. Four years later, Rudolph set a world
200m record (22.9) at the 1960 U.S. Championships. At the Rome Olympics, she
competed in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay. After equaling the world record of
11.3 seconds in the semifinals of the 100m, she won the final by three metres in
11.0. A following wind deprived her of an official world record in the 100m. Three
days later she scored an easy victory in the 200m. Finally, she anchored the U.S.
team to a world record of 44.4 seconds in the semifinals of the 4x100m relay and
then earned her third gold medal in the final. For her speed, grace, and beauty,
the European press dubbed Rudolph "The Black Gazelle." The following year, Rudolph
equalled the world 100m record (11.3) and four days later she posted a new record
of 11.2 in addition to leading the U.S. to another world relay record. Her
brilliant career ended with her retirement in 1962 after which she devoted herself
to coaching and worked extensively with underprivileged children. Wilma Rudolph
died tragically young from a brain tumor at the age of 54. "
_________________________
Patricia Sarles, MA, MLS
NYC Department of Education
psarles@schools.nyc.gov
"One hundred years from now, it will not matter what my bank account was, the type
of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove. But the world might be different
because I was important in the life of a child." ~ Anonymous
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From: School Library Media & Network Communications on behalf of Sharron McElmeel
Sent: Tue 4/29/2008 7:09 PM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Research Question - Oct. 15, 1964 Olympics
For years I have been telling a story of a "family event" which
included the "fact" that we were watching, on TV, Wilma Rudolph run
in an Olympic track event in the early evening (USA time) of October
15, 1964. In reading a recent reader's theater in Library Sparks by
Toni Buzzeo where she deals with Wilma Unlimited by Kathleen Krull --
I read her note about the subject. Toni mentions that Rudolph
retired from sports in 1963. Of course, my memory (and this family
legendary tale that has been told for nearly 40 years) could not be
wrong -- I was going to write Toni a note and before doing so, I
wanted to document her error. <grin> But in checking it appears that
my memory is wrong and Toni (and the author Kathleen Krull) were
correct.
But I do distinctly remember a female runner, running triumphantly
that night. So if not Rudolph, then who?
I usually consider myself a pretty good researcher - -but this one
has me stumped. And if you (or one of your astute students) figure
this out, I'd like not only the answer but how and where they found
the answer.
TYIA,
Sharron
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http://www.mcelmeel.com
McBookwords (a literacy organization)
http://www.mcbookwords.com/
Instructor - University of Wisconsin-Stout
Children's Literature in the Reading Program
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