Monday, March 5, 2018

Wilma Rudolph

How did Wilma meet personal challenges to become a successful athlete?

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  1. Jack
    Wilma Rudolph was a american gold medalist sprinter. when she was four years old she contracted polio, a severe disease that causes paralysis. because of this she lost the use of her left leg. polio could been devastating but with help she recovered. and she won three gold medals in the Olympic sprinting, with all the odds against her she pulled through and mad her goal.

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  2. Joakim
    Wilma Rudolph overcame personal challenges during her life,
    one of those challenges was living in a impoverished family, and having many life-threatening diseases as a toddler. One of these diseases was polio, because she had polio she lost ability to move her left leg. Wilma did not give up though and when the doctors took her out of her brace she was fully able to walk. When she went back to school she began to run and play basketball everyday. One day while Wilma was playing in a basketball tournament a track coach invited her to a sports camp which changed her life, because she did that camp she qualified for the 1956 summer olympics at just 16 years old. Surprisingly she came home with a bronze medal around her neck. The story doesn't just end there Wilma went on to win 3 gold medals in a single year. Later when Wilma grew older she began to give speeches to schools about how triumph can’t happen without struggle. Wilma Rudolph overcame many challenges in her life, but didn’t let them stop her from winning 3 gold medals.

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  4. Eli

    When Wilma Rudolph was 4 years old she lost the use of her left leg due to polio. As a result, Wilma used a leg brace to support her leg. She practiced walking without her leg brace at the age of nine and got better and better. After she mastered walking she started to run. One day she saw her brothers setting up a basketball hoop, and started to play with them. Then she started to play at school. When a track coach saw her playing he was impressed. His name was Ed Temple. He said if she wanted to go to a sports camp. and she excepted. She then joined an Olympic team for track. She won a bronze medal her second time she joined a race and 3 gold medals the following races. Wilma Rudolph did all of these things without having the use of her left leg. She built up to her potential of being an Olympic star.

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  5. David
    People sometimes have personal challenges but they over come it. Wilma had polio and then lost the use of her left leg. She could not walk but she never lost sight of her goal to run in the Olympics. Her mother taught her to believe she could achieve any goal. Then her mother taught her to walk without using her leg braces. A coach saw her and said he was incredible and invited her to a sports camp. She trained and then was on her way to race in the 1956 Olympic games. Unfortunately she pulled a muscle and had to recover just in time for the 1960 Olympics. In the same year she won 3 gold medals and was the first American woman in track and field to win 3 gold medals. Wilma has inspired others to overcome difficult challenges.

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  6. Said

    Wilma Rudolph faced her own personal challenges with determination. For example she was affected with a severe sickness which caused Wilma to be paralyzed on her left leg. Wilma’s mother kept Wilma determine because she kept telling Wilma to keep trying to reach your goal. Doctors thought that she wouldn’t be able to walk,but when they took off Wilma’s leg brace she could walk by her own. Wilma Rudolph had faced a severe sickness and that didn’t stop her from trying to learn to walk. Wilma Rudolph didn’t stop trying and achieved many goals.

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  7. Wilma met her challenge by working hard. When she was young her health deteriorated because of life threatening illness. She was four when she contracted polio a severe disease called paralysis. She lost the use of her left leg. It could have been devastating for her but she faced a physical challenge and had a positive attitude she never lost sight of her goal. Her mother and her siblings helped Wilma with leg exercises they continued doing for several years. The doctors remove the braces and she began to walk again. Wilma played basketball with her brothers and a coach was extremely impressed he invited her to attend sports camp. When Wilma ran on a track she immediately loved it. Wilma had won a relay race and went home with a bronze metal when she was sixteen. Wilma was awarded a full scholarship after high school to major in education at Tennessee State University. Wilma still faced difficult challenges she became ill but felt better and started to run again. At track meet she pulled a muscle but she recovered in time to qualify in the Summer Olympics in Rome. She won two gold medals. During a relay race after a poor baton pass Wilma had picked up her pace to catch up to Germany's last runner she succeeded and became the first American women in track and won three gold medals. She accomplished much more after graduating from college, she coached track and taught school. She traveled the country gave speeches to school audiences to inspire people to do their best in spite. She noted that “the triumph can’t be had without the struggle.”

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  8. Wilma had to face challenges for example she had trouble walking.She had to go threw a disease called polio that causes paralysis.She lost the use of her left leg.It was hard for her to walk,Wilma needed a brace for her to be able to walk on her own but when a few day past,Wilma's doctor took of her brace and her doctor was amazed to see her walk on her own again.She had many life-threatening,Wilma was able to play basketball and a track coach invited her to a sports camp and changed her life.Wilma had a lot of challenges in her life,but she kept going and did not stop from getting gold medals even tho she had a disease and paralyzed her left leg.

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  9. Jacqueline
    Wilma Rudolph met her personal challenges to become a successful athlete by not giving up. She had a disease which cause her to lose her use of her left leg. Wilma’s doctors had little hope that Wilma would be able to walk again but she amazed the doctors to see that she could walk on her own. When Wilma became a avid basketball player at school the track coach Ed Temple spotted Wilma at a basketball game he was extremely impressed by Wilma’s athletic ability and potential. He invited Wilma to attend sports camp and that moment change her life dramatically but this time for the better. When Wilma ran on the track she instantly loved it. She qualified for the 1956 Summer Olympic Games in Melbourne,Australia. She came home with a bronze medal she had won at the relay race. Wilma was awarded with a full scholarship to major in Tennessee State University. Once again she had to overcome challenges again. She became too ill to run however she felt better and started to run again. Unfortunately she pulled a muscle but recovered just in time to qualify for the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. She won 2 gold medals with ease. Her feeling of accomplishment she said she knew it was something “ nobody could ever take away from me, ever.” When she graduated college she taught school and coached track. Soon Wilma was traveling the country and giving speeches to school audiences. Wilma achieved her dreams and,ever after, help others to reach theirs. In the end Wilma met her personal goals of becoming a successful athlete by not giving up.

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  10. How Wilma Rudolph met her personal challenge was that she never gave up even know she had loss her feeling in her left leg when she was 9 but she kept pushing and had a crippling disease that had no cure. When she was healthy she went in the games and came back with a bronze metal that she won in a relay race. After she became sick of racing her mom put up a hoop and they played she was very good and a man saw her and gave her scholarship when she went to this school she told people to never give and keep pushing. So that she did and pushed and pushed to achieve her goal and never gave up.

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  11. Wilma met many different personal challenges. One is when she had a life threatening illness. The illness caused Wilma to have no use of her left leg. But Wilma and her mother set a goal to be able to walk without a leg brace. The doctors didn’t think she would ever be able to walk again but Wilma defeated the odds. She accomplished this goal with ease. Wilma later on in her life got on a track team and loved it. She had become so good she qualified to be in the 1956, Summer Olympics. But she had another challenge down the road. She became very ill again. Lucky after she had a tonsillectomy she was ready to run.Soon later she had another obstacle. She had pulled a muscle. But she had rested enough that she was able to compete in the 1956, Summer Olympics. She had won not one not two but, three gold medals. After all Wilma overcame many personal challenges, and never let one of them get in her way.

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  12. Carrie
    Wilma Rudolph had a disease call polio,that causes paralysis.Then she had lost the use of her left leg.She had to start with one challenge at a time.For example stated in the text,¨Wilma´s mother had taught her very early to believe she could achieve any goal,and the first was to walk without a leg braces.¨After years,Wilma´s doctors didn't have much hope that she can walk ever again.When Wilma was nine, the doctors wanted to asses her progress.So when they took Wilma´s led braces off and they were impress that Wilma can walk on her own.To prove her determination, she can do she ran everyday.So when a track coach named Ed Temple saw Wilma played basketball and was impress by Wilma.So he invited Wilma to a sports camp.This had change her life.So when she started track she fell in love with it.When Wilma was sixteen she was able to qualified for the 1956 Summer Olympics Games in Melbourne.And then she came home with a bronze medal.So she kept trying and won two medals from individual sprints plus one more gold medal from a relay race.

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  13. In the story She Had to Walk Before She Could Run is that the people meet personal challenges. How the people met is that Wilma she faced this physical challenge with a positive attitude and never lost sight of her goal. Also when Wilma was sixteen years old she qualified for the 1956 summer Olympic games in Melbourne, Australia. After school Wilma was awarded a full scholarship to major in education at Tennessee State University. In her individual sprints, Wilma outshone her competition and won two gold medals with ease. After graduating from college, she taught school and coached track. Those are the things that Wilma become a successful athlete.

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  14. In the story she had to walk before she ran. And when she was four she lost her use of left leg and got polio disease. And there was no cure to cure that but when she was she suddenly started walking by her self. And they built a basketball court in the backyard. And she liked it she join a tournament. And then this guy was amazed by her and amazed by her ability and athletic.

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  15. people meet challenges by having other things that others don'tor something born with like Wilma Rudolph when she was born. Wilma was one of 22 children born with to an impoverished Tennessee family because of life threatening illnesses but that never lost sight of her goal. then her siblings helped her gain with her legs.but then she stared to play basketball with her brothers.then she was at av game playing when Ed Temple form Tennessee state University spotted Wilma in her basketball tournament, and invited her to attend a sports camp.And once again,Wilma's life changed dramatically, and this time for the better.

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  16. In the story, “she had to walk before she could run” wilma was a olympic athlete. But when she was 4, she contracted a disease called the polio. As a result, wilma lost the use of her left leg. Wilma did not give up though when the doctor took her out of her leg braces, she could move her left leg and was able to walk. When she went back to school, she played basketball every day. One day when she was playing in the basketball tournament, her coach invited her to a sports camp and that changed her life. When she joined the olympics, she did sprinting. People say that she is the fastest women in the world. And she won 3 gold medals. Wilma mat her goal by not giving up.

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  17. Wilma Rudolph meet her personal challenges to become a successful athlete because Wilma’s mother taught her to believe she could achieve any goal, and the first to walk without leg
    braces. Once a week Wilma´s mother drove Wilma 90 miles round-trip to Nashville for physical therapy. Wilmas brothers set up a basketball hoop in the backyard, and she and her siblings played all day. Wilma became a track coach named ed temple from tennessee state university spotted Wilma at a basketball tournament and was extremely impressed by her athletic ability. Wima then became the fastest woman in the world.

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  18. Wilma Rudolph had to face many challenges in order to become a successful athlete. First Wilma had to learn how to walk because she had a paralysis disease and had lost the use(control) of her left leg.When Wilma could walk and started to take a bit of control of her leg her next step that she took was she ran every day as proof of her determination. While Wilma was playing basketball one day a track coach spotted Wilma at a basketball tournament and was extremely impressed by her so he invited her to a sports camp.The minute that Wilma had ran on the track she loved! When Wilma was sixteen years old she joined the olympic games in Melbourne ,Australia and came home the the bronze medal.When it was close to the Summer Olympics in Rome Wilma got her muscle pulled on a track but luckily Wilma recovered just in time to compete and had won three gold medals.

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  19. In the story “She Had to Walk Before She Could Run” it's talks about how Wilma Rudolph had polio but was able to beat it. When she was a kid she was one of the 22 kids the impoverished family had. While she was a toddler her health deteriorated and she contracted polio, the disease that crippled her left leg and that had no cure back then. Her mom taught her to believe she could achieve any goal and the first goal was to walk without leg braces. They would drive 90 miles round trip to do physical exams once a week for her leg and her siblings learned how to massage her leg to help her. They continued this for several years. Wilmas doctor had little hope that she would be able to walk again. When she was 9 they took the braces off to assess her progress. They were stunned to find that she could walk on her own. After the braces were taken off she became super active and started to run. Wilmas brothers set up a basketball hoop in the backyard and they played all day. She became a avid basketball player at school, too. A track coach named Ed Temple from tennessee state university spotted Wilma at a basketball tournament and was impressed by her athletic ability and potential. He invited her to attend a sports camp. Wilmas loved the camp. The minute Wilma ran on the track she loved it. She qualified for the 1956 summer olympics in MelBourne, Australia. Wilma came home wearing a bronze medal she won in the relay race and got a full scholarship to tennessee state university. But after all the school and track and field, she was too ill to run. But after she had a tonsillectomy she got better and started running again. Unfortunately, she pulled a muscle at a track meet in 1959. She recovered just in time though to qualify for the 1960 olympics in ROme. She then won 2 gold medals with ease. But in the relay however, there was a problem with passing the baton so Wilma had to full sprint and was still able to win a gold medal. This is how Wilma Rudolph was able to get through polio with a crippled and become one of the fastest women runners in history.

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    3. In the story “She Had to Walk Before She Could Run” it's talks about how Wilma Rudolph had polio but was able to overcome the challenge of having it. When she was a kid she was one of the 22 kids the impoverished family had. While she was a toddler her health deteriorated and she contracted polio, the disease that crippled her left leg and that had no cure back then. Her mom taught her to believe she could achieve any goal and the first goal was to walk without leg braces. They would drive 90 miles round trip to do physical exams once a week for her leg and her siblings learned how to massage her leg to help her. They continued this for several years. Wilmas doctor had little hope that she would be able to walk again. When she was 9 they took the braces off to assess her progress. They were stunned to find that she could walk on her own. After the braces were taken off she became super active and started to run. Wilmas brothers set up a basketball hoop in the backyard and they played all day. She became a avid basketball player at school, too. A track coach named Ed Temple from tennessee state university spotted Wilma at a basketball tournament and was impressed by her athletic ability and potential. He invited her to attend a sports camp. Wilmas loved the camp. The minute Wilma ran on the track she loved it. She qualified for the 1956 summer olympics in MelBourne, Australia. Wilma came home wearing a bronze medal she won in the relay race and got a full scholarship to tennessee state university. But after all the school and track and field, she was too ill to run. But after she had a tonsillectomy she got better and started running again. Unfortunately, she pulled a muscle at a track meet in 1959. She recovered just in time though to qualify for the 1960 olympics in ROme. She then won 2 gold medals with ease. But in the relay however, there was a problem with passing the baton so Wilma had to full sprint and was still able to win a gold medal. This is how Wilma Rudolph was able to get through polio with a crippled leg and was able to overcome the challenges throughout her life.

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  20. Wilma Rudolph was is amazing athlete with running speed, when just at 4 years old she was diagnosed with polio. Polio is a disease that causes paralysis is that result of that she couldn't get i use of her left leg but she got threw that by a positive attitude. From there her leg got better by messages by her siblings which help a lot. When it was time to take her braces off doctors were really impressed on how Wilma Could walk again. After that had happened Wilma was extremely active everyday and became a basketball player for her school. A track coach had spotted Wilma playing and was amazed by her and invited her to attend sports camp. Wilma was happy to be back on their race track and was qualified for 1959 summer olympics game. Even from that day on Wilma still faced ruff challenges and illness but she eventually got over it time to time.Wilma faced challenges but also got threw it as much as possible because she had a goal and there was only one way to accomplish it which was never to give up. Even when the time she got polio she still managed to get over it by again having a positive attitude.

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  21. German
    Wilma Rudolph met many personal challenges. She had polio when she was four. Polio is a disease that causes paralysis, which is that you can't move a part of your body. As one of the 22 children in a family. Her siblings gave her massages on her feet. She had to wear leg braces so that she can slowly learn how to walk. One time every week, she and her mother drove 90 miles for physical therapy. When she was 9, the doctors decided to take off her leg braces. They ere astonished that she was able to to walk all by herself. Her brothers bought a basketball hoop, and they played all day. She ran every day. She was a good basketball player. She got into a sports camp when Tennessee State University coach Ed Temple spotted her at a basketball tournament. She went to the Olympics when she was 16 years old, and she won the bronze medal. She became ill and pulled a muscle, but was ready in her next Olympics. She won 3 Gold medals in the 1960 Olympics. She was a great woman athlete that overcame many obstacles

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  22. When Wilma Rudolph was four years old, Wilma contracted polio, a disease that causes to be paralysis. This caused Wilma the lost of use of her left leg. When Wilma was going through this she was devastated because her mother had other 21 kids to take care of, but adapted to not having her all the time, by trying to have a positive attitude. Wilma’s mother also showed her siblings on how to give her sisters leg a massage to help her out too. When this was going on, Wilma’s mother tried her best to tell Wilma to not give up her goal of being the fastest woman racer in the world. Wilma was convinced and got therapy and braces on her leg to help her walk again. At age nine Wilma was taken to her doctor to get her brace of her leg. Afterwards the doctor was surprised to see her get up and walk again, because her doctor had little hope that she’d be able to walk again with a disease that had no cure to it. Wilma practiced running to become what she wanted to be and had confidence in herself and didn’t give up and had faith to do wanted she wanted to do. Then after Wilma’s brothers built a basketball hoop in their backyard to play. Wilma sometimes played and, was then put to a basketball team in her school. A track coach named Ed temple from Tennessee State University saw Wilma play and was impressed to see what she could do. Wilma was then invited to a sports camp and was a life change for her. Wilma ran track and loved it so much that at age 16 she was qualified in the Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia 1956. She then left home with an bronze medal she had won at the race. After high school she was awarded with an scholarship to an major education in Tennessee State University. She had to overcome more challenges. Afterwards Wilma became a racer and was known as the world's fastest woman and won bronze and gold medals. Wilma met different challenges by going through a lot of things and never gave up a goal she really wanted to do, even though she had a disease she had to fight and had a positive attitude.

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  23. Wilma Rudolph had to meet personal challenges to become a successful athlete.
    One personal challenge is that she cannot use her left leg because of polio, a severe disease that causes paralysis. She was taught when she was four how to walk using leg braces the doctors were stunned when she was walking without braces and having polio a disease that doesn’t have a cure.
    Wilma became active after the years she had leg braces on and ran everyday. A track coach named Ed Temple from Tennessee State University was extremely impressed by Wilma’s athletic ability and invited her to attend sports camp. She loved running on the track and won bronze in the relay race. She was awarded a full scholarship to major in education at Tennessee State University after high school. She had to overcome a second challenge in 1958. She had put her shoulder to the wheel both in class and during her track-and-field events and became too ill to run. After she had a tonsillectomy she felt better and started to run again. She pulled a muscle at a track meet in 1959 and Coach Temple had to implement for her recovery. She overcame her personal challenges and became the first american woman to win three gold medals.

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  24. Mark,


    In the story “She had to walk before she could Run” Wilma Rudolph faced many personal challenges in the story but were overcome. The first personal challenge she faced was when she was 4 years old wilma had a disease called polio this causes paralysis “And as a result she lost the use of her left leg.” But Wilma did not give up she overcame this challenge in having a positive attitude and never lost the sight of her goal. Another way she did not give up is the way her mother told her “ very early to believe she could achieve any goal this result led wilma to walk without leg braces. Next the doctors had little hope that she would ever walk again but after they took the braces off they were “all amazed to see that Wima could walk on her own.” “When she was only sixteen she qualified for the 1956 summer olympic games in Melbourne, Australia.” And game home with a bronze medal she had won in a relay race. After high school she was awarded with a full scholarship to a major in education at Tennessee State University. In 1958, having put her shoulder to the wheel both in class and during track-and-field events she became too ill to run was another challenge. 1959 during a track meet she pulled a muscle and was luckily recovered in time to qualify for 1960 summer olympics in Rome. In conclusion Wilma Rudolph met all these challenges by not giving up and by having a positive attitude and never lost the sight of her goal at the end of the story she said “the triumph can’t be had without the struggle.”

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  25. Mateus
    The story of Wilma Rudolph tells how she would not be able to walk on her own which was a personal challenge for her throughout her life she overcome this challenge. For example Wilma Rudolph had to deal with a life threatening sickness polio a severe sickness that causes as paralysis. Wilma accomplished this by the help of her mother when doctors took of the braces off and she walked when they had no hope she later after not being able to be run are exercises she became very athletic and later joined team USA. Unfortunately wilma pulled a muscle at a track meet but later recovering on a track meet and winning the gold medal and became the first women to get three wins on the field. All this information is based on the fact that Wilma Rudolph overcame the terrible disease polio.

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