Editing Wilma Rudolph (section)

===1956 Summer Olympics===
When Rudolph was 16 and a junior in high school, she attended the 1956 U.S. Olympic track and field team trials in [[Seattle, Washington]], and qualified to compete in the [[200 metres at the Olympics|200-meter]] individual event at the [[1956 Summer Olympics]] in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]]. Rudolph, the youngest member of the U.S. Olympic team, was one of five TSU Tigerbelles to qualify for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.<ref name=Bio-WR/><ref name=t>{{cite web |url=http://www.tnstate.edu/library/documents/Rudolph.pdf |title=Wilma Rudolph and the TSU Tigerbelles|author=Bobby Lovett|date=June 20, 2016|website=Tennessee State University|access-date=February 9, 2017}} See also: {{cite encyclopedia| author= Bobby Lovett| author-link= Bobby Lovett|title=Wilma Rudolph (1940–1994) and the TSU Tigerbelles | encyclopedia =Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture Version 2 (online edition) | publisher =University of Tennessee Press | date =March 1, 2012|url=https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=1156| access-date =2017-02-09}}</ref>

Rudolph was defeated in a preliminary heat of the 200-meter race at the Melbourne Olympic Games but ran the third leg of the [[4 × 100 meters relay|4 × 100 m relay]].<ref name=RomanConquest>{{cite web| author=Larry Schwartz |title=Her Roman Conquest | publisher =ESPN | url =https://www.espn.com/sportscentury/features/00016446.html | access-date =February 17, 2017}}</ref> The American team of Rudolph, [[Isabelle Daniels]], [[Mae Faggs]], and [[Margaret Matthews]], all of whom were TSU Tigerbelles, won the [[bronze medal]], matching the world-record time of 44.9 seconds. The [[Great Britain|British]] team won the silver medal. The Australian team, with the 100- and 200-meter gold medalist [[Betty Cuthbert]] as their anchor leg, won the gold medal in a time of 44.5 seconds.<ref name="guardianolysrs"/> After Rudolph returned to her Tennessee home from the Melbourne Olympic Games, Rudolph showed her high school classmates the [[bronze medal]] that she had won and decided to try to win a gold medal at the [[1960 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rome]], [[Italy]].<ref name=sports-reference/><ref name="guardianolysrs"/>

In 1958, Rudolph enrolled at Tennessee State, where Temple continued as her track coach.<ref name=Hine-992-93/> At the [[Pan American Games]] in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] the following year, Rudolph won a silver medal in the 100-meter individual event, as well as a gold medal in the 4 × 100-meter relay with teammates [[Isabelle Dan]], [[Barbara Joe (cheerleader)|Barbara Joe]], and [[Lucinda Williams (athlete)|Lucinda Williams]]. She also won the [[Amateur Athletic Union|AAU]] 200-meter title in 1959 and defended it for four consecutive years. During her career, Rudolph also won three AAU indoor titles.<ref name=sports-reference/>