“Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.” - Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Rundolph, or as the Italians named her  "La Gazzella Negra" (the Black Gazelle)

Wilma Rudolph was born prematurly in 1940, in Bethlehem, Tennessee and the 20th of 21 children. As a child she contracted a strain of polio that left her with a twisted leg and wearing a leg brace for 3 years.

She did not let this harbour her dreams of becomming an athlete and when the brace came off she started working  hard at her sports. This resulted in her obtaining a track scholarship to University and a place in the 1960 Olympic games in Rome. She become the fastest woman on earth and the first american woman to win 3 gold medals in track and feild during a single Olympic games. Afterwards she became a civil rights and womans rights pioneer.

Wilma also went on to become a teacher after she graduated from University and actually she was already married and had a daughter when she went to the Rome Olympics. Pretty much an all round inspirational person and a classic example of not letting shit get in your way. If you want it, go get it, period.

Sadly , Wilma died of cancer in 1994 but her legacy and inspiration lives on. R.I.P x