num_pages: 44
description: This award-winning true story of Black Olympic runner Wilma Rudolph, who overcame childhood polio and eventually went on to win three gold medals, is illustrated by Caldecott medal–winning artist David Diaz.Before Wilma Rudolph was five years old, polio had paralyzed her left leg. Everyone said she would never walk again. But Wilma refused to believe it. Not only would she walk again, she vowed, she'd run. And she did run—all the way to the Olympics, where she became the first American woman to earn three gold medals in a single Olympiad. This dramatic and inspiring true story is illustrated in bold watercolor and acrylic paintings. 
language: English
title: Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman
titlecomplete: Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman
characters: Wilma Rudolph
genres: African American, Biography, History, Sports, Historical, Childrens, Picture Books, Nonfiction, Biography Memoir, Cultural
ratings_count: 2195
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Jane Addams Children's Book Award
category: Picture Book, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: San Diego Theodor S. Geisel Award
publisher: Clarion Books