This recipient of multiple Olympic Gold Medals was unable to walk until she was eight.
Wilma Rudolph
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Wilma Rudolph. The 20th of 22 children, Rudolph lost the use of one leg due to an injury she received as a baby. At the 1960 Olympics, she won three Gold Medals in track and field.